Causes, prevention, and treatment of dentin hypersensitivity.

Department of Operative Dentistry University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2004 Feb;25(2):95-106, 109; quiz 110.

This article presents an overview of dentin hypersensitivity, including its causes, prevention, and treatment. The author provides information on hypersensitivity associated with exposed cervical dentin, tooth-whitening procedures, and direct and indirect restorations.