DentinDentinHypersensitivityHypersensitivityZhangQiZhangQiWuhanUniversitySchoolofStomatologyWuhanUniversitySchoolofStomatologyIntroductionIntroductionDefinition:Definition:Dentinhypersensitivityisacommonconditionoftransienttoothpaincausedbyavarietyofexogenousstimuli
CharacteristicCharacteristicShort,sharppain
Mostincervical,thenocclusalStimuliStimuliTheexogenousstimuliinclude:Thermal(cold)Tactile(touch)Osmoticchanges(sweets,dryingthesurface)EtiologyEtiologyTheprimaryclinicalcauseisexposeddentinaltubules
TwophasesofdevelopmentofTwophasesofdevelopmentofdentinhypersensititydentinhypersensitityFirst,dentinhastobeexposed
—lesionlocalizationThedentinaltubulesmustbeopened—lesioninitiationThemostcommonclinicalcauseforexposeddentinaltubulesisgingivalrecession
CommonReasonsforGingivalRecession1