Contents:
- Medical Video: What has dental pain been described as feeling like?
- What, what is the cause of sensitive teeth?
- Who is most at risk of having sensitive teeth?
- Regular dental care can also make sensitive teeth
- Characteristics of sensitive teeth
- How to treat sensitive teeth?
- Can sensitive teeth recover completely?
Medical Video: What has dental pain been described as feeling like?
If your teeth often feel tired when eating something hot or cold, the sign is that you have sensitive teeth. Even though it makes you cranky to death, there are actually various easy ways to treat sensitive teeth yourself at home. Well if your sensitive teeth are still acting, it's a good idea to go to the dentist to get the right treatment. However, if you have seen a doctor, can sensitive teeth be completely cured?
What, what is the cause of sensitive teeth?
Human teeth consist of several layers. The outermost layer of the tooth is referred to as tooth enamel (enamel), its roots are referred to as cementum, and the deepest layer of teeth is called dentin. Teeth will be sensitive when the dentine layer is exposed to the outside environment.
Dentine is connected to a channel that contains nerve fibers. So when dentine is exposed to cold or hot temperatures from whatever you consume, automatically nerve fibers in the teeth are also exposed and cause pain.
Who is most at risk of having sensitive teeth?
There are many things that can cause dentin to open. For example, because the tooth enamel is eroded so that it shows its roots. This can be caused by cavities, tartar, the habit of brushing your teeth too hard, receding gums, until gum disease (gingivitis). The habit of gnashing teeth (bruxism) during sleep can also erode tooth enamel and make teeth sensitive.
In addition, your food and drinks eat everyday can make sensitive teeth. Especially foods that are too acidic like tomato sauce, lemon, kiwi, and pickles. Acidic foods can cause erosion of the outermost layer of the tooth, making your teeth ache after eating.
Acid can cause a protective layer of teeth to thin out. That is why sensitive teeth are also often experienced by people who have digestive diseases such as ulcers or GERD, because stomach acid rises into the esophagus until the mouth can hit the tooth layer. The same is true for people with bulimia. Vomiting digestible food will erode the teeth and make it sensitive.
Regular dental care can also make sensitive teeth
After dental treatment at a doctor, one of the "side effects" that is most often complained of is teeth that become sensitive. Even though it wasn't before.
This usually occurs after cleaning tartar or from "dough" acid fillings. However, these side effects are temporary and can return to normal over time.
Characteristics of sensitive teeth
The feeling of pain that occurs right or after eating / drinking something hot or cold is the most common characteristic of sensitive teeth. In more severe cases, people with sensitive teeth can feel pain when they breathe through their mouth even when they are not eating or drinking anything.
How to treat sensitive teeth?
There are various simple ways to treat sensitive teeth at home, namely:
- Brush your teeth properly. Don't press the brush and brush your teeth too hard.
- Choose a soft bristle brush. Coarse bristles can make the gums go down and tooth enamel erodes.
- Use special toothpaste sensitive teeth containing high fluoride and minerals.
- Avoid eating foods and drinks that are too hot or cold immediately. Wait warm for a while.
- Reduce eating too acidic foods.
- Stop nail biting habits.
- Do not immediately brush your teeth after eating / drinking something sweet and sour. Wait 30 minutes for up to 1 hour after eating if you want to brush your teeth.
- Use mouthwash to help treat sensitive teeth.
Can sensitive teeth recover completely?
In most cases, sensitive teeth can heal if proper treatment is done and painstakingly done. Regular use of sensitive toothpaste is powerful enough to cure cases of sensitive teeth that are not too severe. Special toothpaste sensitive teeth generally contain potassium nitrate or strontium chloride which works to protect the nervous system in the teeth while blocking pain signals. This sensitive toothpaste treatment is usually the first time a dentist is advised if you experience sensitive teeth.
If it doesn't heal, your doctor will find out the exact cause before determining how to treat sensitive teeth that are more effective. If your sensitive teeth are caused by cavities or other gum problems, such as receding gums, the doctor will first handle the source of the problem before treating your sensitive teeth. Usually after the cause is treated, the sensation of sensitive teeth will also disappear.
After that, the doctor will perform a desensitization treatment by applying a special gel to the tooth layer to reduce the feeling of pain due to sensitive teeth. The doctor may also apply fluoride gel which can strengthen the tooth layer and prevent cavities, to reduce the risk of sensitive teeth later on.
Treatment at the doctor usually must be repeated so that the results are maximal. If you are painstaking counselor to a doctor to treat it, sensitive teeth can heal completely. But this also must be accompanied by good and correct dental care. If you are still lazy to brush your teeth and still often eat foods that cause pain, sensitive teeth can recur so that your treatment becomes useless.
