The Effects of Potassium Nitrate in Reducing Dentinal Hypersensitivity
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
A randomized, controlled, double blind exploratory study to explore the effects of two
different potassium nitrate concentrations and water on exposed dentine in reducing dentinal
hypersensitivity. Solutions will be applied for either 2, 5 or 10 minutes and assessed by
visual analogue scale (VAS) scores following evaporative (air) stimulus.