Contents:
- Medical Video: 10 Early Sign That Your Teeth Health Is Not In Great Shape
- 1. Brushing your teeth too tight
- 2. Using a toothbrush with coarse brush bristles
- 3. Eat sour food
- 4. Eat cold or hot food
- 5. Wear toothpaste that is not appropriate
- 6. Using mouthwash
- 7. Habits of snapping teeth
Medical Video: 10 Early Sign That Your Teeth Health Is Not In Great Shape
If your teeth are sore and painful when brushing your teeth, eating sweet foods, or drinking cold drinks, maybe you have sensitive teeth. This condition can be more severe, if left without treatment. Your teeth will experience prolonged pain and a higher level of sensitivity.
Having sensitive teeth is certainly uncomfortable and can interfere with daily activities. Especially if the aching teeth relapse when you should be enjoying a special moment. Just imagine if you showed an expression of grimace at various photos at your birthday party, because of the senate teeth after eating cake.
In addition, maybe without you realizing there are some bad habits that turned out to be the cause of more sensitive teeth.
1. Brushing your teeth too tight
Brushing your teeth with enthusiasm can be the cause of more sensitive teeth. This bad habit, can reduce the outer layer of teeth (enamel) and cause the opening of dentin (the middle layer of teeth). This can also cause gum recession (withdrawal gum tissue from the teeth).
When all conditions occur in the teeth, the teeth will be more sensitive to extreme temperatures or acidic foods. Therefore, change this habit more slowly when brushing your teeth.
2. Using a toothbrush with coarse brush bristles
Some people think that a toothbrush that is stronger or rough, the better. However, that is not true, especially for older adults. As we age, the gums push backward and the roots of the teeth open, so often increasing tooth sensitivity.
Brushing your teeth with hair that is too hard can irritate the gums and cause sensitive teeth. Brushing your teeth with fur that is too hard can erode the tooth enamel, causing sensitive teeth. We recommend using a toothbrush with finer fur.
3. Eat sour food
Often eating foods with high acid content such as citrus fruits, tomatoes, kiwi, or pickles, can cause tooth enamel erosion and cause pain in the teeth.
Avoiding acidic foods can help you reduce pain due to sensitive teeth.
4. Eat cold or hot food
Eating food too cold or too hot can be the cause of more severe sensitive teeth. Especially if you have a habit of chewing ice, this will further worsen the condition of your teeth.
Over time, these habits can cause erosion of tooth enamel, which makes your teeth sore or painful.
In addition, eating habits of hot food and then drink cold, or vice versa, is also one of the bad habits that can cause erosion of teeth and teeth to be more sensitive.
5. Wear toothpaste that is not appropriate
Owners of sensitive teeth need to use special toothpaste sensitive teeth, not ordinary toothpaste. This is because special toothpaste sensitive teeth contain ingredients to reduce tooth sensitivity such as potassium nitrate.
Use special toothpaste sensitive teeth every time you brush your teeth. Brush your teeth twice a day regularly to relieve the sensitivity of your teeth.
6. Using mouthwash
Some over-the-mouth mouthwashes contain alcohol, acids and other chemicals that can cause sensitive teeth to get worse, especially if your dentine is open.
Instead, try cleaning your teeth using dental floss to clean up food debris that slides between the teeth and cannot be reached by a toothbrush.
7. Habits of snapping teeth
Frequent gnashing of teeth is a nervous habit that reflects anxiety. This habit is called bruxism. This habit can be the cause of sensitive teeth getting worse, because it can damage the enamel and make your dentin open.
