A Comparative Study On The Effect Of Propolis And Dentine Bonding Agent In Treating Dentine Hypersensitivity
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-07-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Background:
Dentine hypersensitivity (DH) causes considerable pain and discomfort to an individual due to
number of stimuli on exposed dentine. Different kinds of treatment strategies are used in the
resolution of dentine hypersensitivity including the use of propolis and dentine bonding
agent. No study had compared the efficacy of propolis and dentine bonding agent.
Objective:
The objective of the study was to find out whether there is a difference in the efficacy of
Propolis and seventh generation dentine bonding agent in reducing the dentine
hypersensitivity. Comparison within the groups and pairwise comparisons were also recorded in
reducing dentine hypersensitivity.
Methods:
In this six month In- Vivo single blinded randomized clinical study, a total number of 52
patients with complain of dentine hypersensitivity were selected in two groups after taking
informed consent. Group A and B received 30% ethanolic extract of propolis and dentine
bonding agents respectively by a trained operator. Recordings of dentine hypersensitivity
were obtained at Day 0, before and after the application of experimental agents, and also on
Day 7, 15 and 30 by the principal investigator. Response was measured by Visual Analog Scale
and Schiff Cold Air Sensitivity Scale. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
version 20 was used to analyze the data with level of significance set at p < 0.05. Friedman
test was applied to see the comparison within groups and Wilcoxon Signed Rank test was used
for Pairwise comparison. Mann Whitney U-Test was applied for comparison between groups.