Mia L. Geisinger, DDS, MS, is a professor and director of the advanced education program in periodontology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry and the current vice president of the American Academy of Periodontology. She can be reached at miagdds@uab.edu.
Dentinal hypersensitivity is a common patient complaint, with a widely fluctuating prevalence rate — ranging from 4% to 57% of the population. The potential causes of such sensitivity are also varied. To support clinicians in helping their…