Volume 6 Issue 4 (July - August), 2020

Original Articles

Assessment of pulpal sensory thresholds with different conducting media
Rakesh, Vishal Chhabra, Sonia

Background: The present study was conducted to assess pulpal sensory thresholds in human teeth with different conducting media. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 45 maxillary first molars. We divided teeth into 3 groups of 15 each. Group I was control where no conducting media was used, group II used lox 2% Jelly and group III used toothpastes sensodyne repair. The media were used in random order and each medium was tested twice on the tooth with 1 minute interval. The mean of the two threshold values for each conducting medium and the VAS scores were recorded. Results: The mean VAS score in group I was 5.18, in group II was 5.26 and in group III was 5.84. The difference was non- significant (P> 0.05). The mean sensory threshold (μA) in group I was 0.624 μA, in group II was 0.97 μA and in group III was 1.04 μA. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found that Lignox 2% Gel proved to be superior to toothpaste when used as a conducting medium for EPT. Key words: Lignox 2% Gel, Sensodyne Repair, Meswak.

 
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