Authors

Rana Al-Haj Hussain, Aous Dannan, Mouhammad Najdat AlAhmad & Nawar Al-Aswad

Published in

Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (IJIR) 2016

Abstract

Propolis is a brown substance collected by honey bees from sprouts and exudates of trees. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of Propolis extract on reducing dentinal hypersensitivity initiated by teeth bleaching procedures. Forty-one patients were divided into 2 groups. Patients of the test group were subjected to a chair-side teeth bleaching procedure followed by local application of Propolis extract on the teeth directly after the bleaching procedure, after one hour, and after one day. Patients of the control
group were subjected to the same teeth bleaching procedure but without post application of Propolis. The degree of induced pain due to dentinal hypersensitivity was recorded by means of the Visual Analogue scale of Pain, and registered for each patient. Chi-square statistical test was used to compare the obtained results. Only 5 patients out of 23 suffered severe pain after teeth bleaching followed by Propolis application. Forty-four percent of patients who did not get Propolis application after teeth bleaching suffered severe pain related  to dentinal hypersensitivity. One day after teeth bleaching followed by Propolis application, none of patients showed any degree of pain related to dentinal hypersensitivity. The efficacy of Propolis for dentinal hypersensitivity reduction was considered significant at (P<0.05). Pain related to dentinal hypersensitivity that occurred due to chair-side  teethbleaching procedure could be successfully reduced by using a Propolis extract as a local application treatment. Further studies are needed for the verification of using Propolis in similar cases.

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