title: Milk as Desensitizing Agent for Treatment of Dentine Hypersensitivity Following Periodontal Treatment Procedures.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dentinal hypersensitivity is a commonly observed problem after periodontal treatment procedures in periodontal patients. This further complicates preventive oral hygiene procedures by patients which jeopardize periodontal treatment, or even may aid in periodontal treatment failure.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aims and objectives of present study were to assess the problem of dentine hypersensitivity after non-surgical periodontal treatment and selection of cases for evaluation of commercially available milk at room temperature as mouth rinse for the treatment of dentinal hypersensitivity caused by periodontal treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients were selected randomly for nonsurgical periodontal treatment and then were assessed for dentine hypersensitivity. Those having dentine hypersensitivity were assigned in two groups. Group one patients were advised to rinse with commercially available milk at room temperature, group two patients were advised to rinse with luke warm water as control. A four point Verbal Rating Score (VRS) was designed to record the numerical value of dentine hypersensitivity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results show incidence of 42.5% and prevalence of 77.5% for dentine hypersensitivity after periodontal treatment procedures. After rinsing with milk following periodontal treatment procedures, there was found a significant reduction of dentine hypersensitivity with probability by unpaired t-test as 0.0007 and 0.0001 at tenth and fifteenth day post periodontal treatment procedures respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrated that the milk rinse is a suitable, cheaper, fast acting, home-use and easily available solution to the problem of dentine hypersensitivity after non-surgical periodontal treatment. Milk can be used as desensitizing agent and rinsing with milk for few days is effective in quick reduction of dentine hypersensitivity due to periodontal treatment procedures.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Specialty of Periodontics, College of Dentistry , Jazan University, KSA .
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sabir
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Specialty of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, Jazan University , KSA .
authors.forename: Mohammad Nazish
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Alam
keywords: Cemental; Dental; Dentinal; Enamel; Hypersensitivity; Milk; Milk rinse; Periodontal; Procedures; Root; Root planing; Scaling; Sensitive teeth; Sensitivity; Surgical; Tooth; Treatment