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Efficacy of two professionally applied desensitizing agent.

Efficacy of silver diamine fluoride as an alternative desensitizing agent- A Randomized controlled trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2018/05/013732
Enrollment
36
Registered
2018-05-07
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Patients with dentinal hypersensitivity

Interventions

Intervention1: silver diamine fluoride: silver diamine fluoride in combination with potassium iodide is a desensitizing agent used in a single dose applied to the hypersensitive tooth with the applic

Sponsors

Dr Swati G Naidu
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Individuals aged 20 years and above with a history of dentinal hypersensitivity 2. Subjects with at least 20 natural permanent teeth. 3. Patient who were willing to participate in the study with wriiten informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Teeth with caries, defective restorations , fractured teeth, and gingival inflammation. 2.Subjects with the presence of orthodontic appliances. 3.Patients with a history of periodontal surgery in the area of selected tooth during the previous three months from the day of examination. 4.Subjects who used any product that could influence the dentinal hypersensitivity of the patient in the 30 days prior to the baseline were excluded. 5.Pregnant or lactating females were excluded. 6.Subjects on prescription of NSAIDâ??s and Aspirin. 7.Subjects with known hypersensitivity to silver or other heavy metal ions were excluded

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Visual analogue pain scale score for assessing pain due to hypersensitivityTimepoint: Visual analogue pain scale score for assessing pain due to hypersensitivity immediately after intervention

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
visual analogue pain scale score for assessing pain due to hypersentivityTimepoint: at the end of 7 days, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months from the day of intervention given.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Swati G Naidu

Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore

drchandu@gmail.com9246482426

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026