Treatment of Hypersensitivity Using Diode Laser and Desensitising Agent on Fluorosed and Non-fluorosed Teeth

The present study was designed as a randomised controlled clinical trial which was unicenter, double-blinded, parallel designed study, according to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) criteria, 2010. The study period was from July 2014 to September 2015.

90 Patients visiting the Out Patient of Department of Periodontology, Krishnadevaraya College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Bengaluru, India, presenting with a chief complaint of dentinal hypersensitivity were enrolled in the study. Patients' age ranged from 18-60 years. The subjects interested in participating were explained in detail the treatment protocol. A verbal consent as well as a written informed consent was obtained from each patient Treatment of dentinal hypersensitivity with a combination of diode laser and potassium nitrate desensitising agent was considered as the test group and this was compared with diode lasers alone and desensitising agent alone as the positive control groups. The study was conducted in full accordance with the declared ethical principles (World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki, version VII, 2013)13 and was approved by the Institutional review board of Krishnadevaraya College of Dental Science and Hospital, under the registration number of (ACA/DCD/SYN/KCODS - B/PG/2013-2014).