Dentinal hypersensitivity is a common painful condition usually associated with exposure of  dentinal tubules. The pain arising from dentinal hypersensitivity  is extremely variable in character. A number of  clinical conditions that may provide similar clinical features to that of dentinal hypersensitivity. Differential diagnosis should be made  in order to provide correct treatment to the patients. This article concisely reviews etiology, mechanism and clinical management of the dentinal hypersensitivity. The management of DH requires a good understanding of the complexity of the problem as well as variety of treatment modalities.
Key words : DH-Dentinal Hypersensitivity.

Received: 12April, 2019                                     Revised: 24 April, 2019                             Accepted: 15May, 2019

Corresponding author: Dr. Neetu Bamel, Senior Resident at Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal  Dental College, Sirsa (Dept of Periodontics)

This article may be cited as: Bamel N, Mehta S, Vats N, Gahlawat RK, Anthwal PK. Dentinal Hypersensitivity - A Review. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2019; 5(2):79-83.