Dentin sensitivity after dental bleaching and the role of the dental surgeon in preventing and performing the procedure

Abstract

Human self-esteem requires several medical interventions in various areas, and the smile is considered the human calling card and its main professional, the dentist. In recent years, tooth whitening and other esthetic interventions have gained ground, however, along with adherence to these procedures, side effects arise. In this work, the dental sensitivity after dental bleaching is highlighted. In this sense, the dental surgeon plays a fundamental role both in patient guidance and the dosage of products used in this procedure. To present dental sensitivity after dental bleaching procedure, and the need for an active therapeutic approach to the presentation of sensitivity. This is an integrative literature review using the NCBI/PubMed (National Center for Biotechnology Information), SciELO (Scientific Electronic Lirary Online), Academic Google and Lilacs - Bireme (Latin American and Latin Literature) databases. Caribbean in Health Sciences). To delimit the contents, inclusion criteria were used: articles available in full, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, published between 2015 and 2021 with free access and that were relevant to the theme. To support this work, ten studies published in the last six years were used, realizing that dentin sensitivity is the result of a set of factors that range from the patient's oral health to the amount of products used by the surgeon dentist that result in the disobliteration of dentinal tubules and consequent dental mineral loss, which can be avoided through prevention and patient guidance on pre- and post-procedure care, including the use of desensitizers. The dental surgeon must act in a preventive way to side effects. In tooth whitening procedures, the occurrence of dentin sensitivity causes discomfort to the patient and there is scientific evidence that applying desensitizing gels reduces the occurrence of tooth sensitivity.