Title

Evaluation of sodium fluoride, gluma, diode laser in dentine hypersensitivity

Authors

Saswati Sarmah^1,*, Deepshikha Singh², Jishnu Nath³, Tribeni Saikia⁴, Anindita Bhagawati⁵, Trishna Saikia⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Periodontics and oral Implantology, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India; ²Department of Periodontology, Rama Dental College Hospital and Research Center, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; ³Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Government Dental College, Silchar, Assam, India; ⁴Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India; ⁵Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India; ⁶Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Saswati Sarmah - E - mail: saswatisarmah87@gmail.com
Deepshikha Singh - E - mail: singhdeepshikha04@gmail.com
Jishnu Nath - E - mail: jishnunathrdc@gmail.com
Tribeni Saikia - E - mail: drtribeniortho6@gmail.com
Anindita Bhagawati - E - mail: bhagawati.jimli@gmail.com
Trishna Saikia - E - mail: saikia.trishna2401@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2025; Revised April 30, 2025; Accepted April 30, 2025, Published April 30, 2025

Abstract

Dentinal hypersensitivity (DH) is one of the most painful and least predictably treated chronic conditions in dentistry. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the efficacy of 5% sodium fluoride (NaF) varnish, gluma varnish and diode laser and their combined application in treating dentin hypersensitivity. The findings suggest that 5% NaF alone or combined with diode laser significantly reduces the severity of DH. Combinatorial intervention of diode laser with desensitising agents is therapeutically more effective in treating DH than the application of laser, 5% NaF and Gluma alone.

Keywords

Dentinal hypersensitivity, diode laser, visual analogue scale, gluma varnish, clinical trial

Citation

Sarmah et al. Bioinformation 21(4): 874-878 (2025)

Edited by

Hiroj Bagde MDS, (PhD), PGDCR, PGDHHM, PGDL, PGDM

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.