The aim of this randomized, longitudinal clinical study was to evaluate different protocols for
dentin hypersensitivity treatment with low-power
laser at different dosages, desensitizing agent, and associations, for a period of 6 months. After analysis of the inclusion and exclusion criteria of volunteer participants, those who present
pain resulting from non-carious cervical lesions were selected. Twenty-seven patients participated in the study, and 55 lesions were recorded. The lesions were divided into five groups (n = 11), treated, and evaluated: G1:
Gluma Desensitizer (Heraeus); G2: low-power
laser (Photon Lase, DMC) at low dose (three vestibular points and one apical point of irradiation: 30 mW, 10 J/cm(2), 9 s per point with wavelength of 810 nm), three sessions were performed with an interval of 72 h between them; G3: low-power
laser at high dose (application at one cervical and one apical point: 100 mW, 90 J/cm(2), 11 s per point with wavelength of 810 nm), three sessions were performed with an interval of 72 h between irradiations; G4: low-power
laser at low dose +
Gluma Desensitizer; and G5: low-power
laser at high dose +
Gluma Desensitizer, the level of sensitivity of each volunteer was evaluated with a visual analog scale of
pain (VAS) with the use of air from a triple syringe and exploration with a probe after time intervals of 5 min, 1 week, and 1, 3, and 6 months
after treatment. Data were collected and subjected to statistical analysis. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to verify the distribution of the data, and nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis and Friedman tests were performed for comparison among the experimental groups and time intervals studied, respectively. Statistically significant differences between the studied time intervals (p < 0.05) were detected. From the difference in
pain, it was observed that for both stimuli, the protocol with the
Gluma desensitizing agent presented immediate effects of
pain reduction. For low-level
lasers, it was observed that there were distinct effects for the different doses; however, both were efficient in reducing
pain up to the 6 months of clinical follow-up. Therefore, it could be concluded that all the desensitizing protocols were effective in reducing
dentin hypersensitivity, but with different effects. The combination of protocols is an interesting alternative in the treatment of cervical
dentin hypersensitivity.