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Do you feel pain while drinking water, beverages, or soft drinks or doing activities such as eating and brushing as well? If you feel a temporary and sharp pain in your teeth, you could have sensitive teeth. Enamel is the outer protective covering of your teeth that is strong enough to prevent damage and decay of teeth. When this protective covering is worn out, you will develop sensitivity in your teeth. Damaged enamel can also cause exposed tooth roots. Sometimes, teeth sensitivity can be due to other causes such as gum disease, exposed roots, worn fillings, chipped or cracked teeth, and the formation of cavities.

What Precautions should you take to prevent sensitive teeth?

Sensitive teeth prevention: to prevent teeth sensitivity, you must pay attention to oral hygiene. The best way to ensure good oral hygiene – brush your teeth daily twice with a soft-bristled toothbrush and floss daily. It is better to prefer toothpaste specially formulated for sensitive teeth. Never use a rough, hard-bristled toothbrush and also abrasive toothpaste. While brushing use gentle strokes and avoid harsh and vigorous scrubbing.

People who grind their teeth during sleep are at risk of eroding teeth enamel. Therefore, if you have a habit of grinding teeth during sleep, then talk to your dentist regarding the use of a mouth guard. Tooth grinding can fracture teeth and cause sensitivity.

Pay Attention to What You Eat and Drink!

Sensitive teeth prevention: Your eating habits, sleeping patterns, and lifestyle can impact the health of your teeth. Therefore, you must pay attention to what you eat and drink. If you have the habit of drinking carbonated water, soda, soft drinks, tea or coffee, and also citrus fruit juices – you may tend to cause damage to your teeth. These habits can cause serious damage to your teeth’s enamel over time. The best way to prevent contact with acidic beverages and fruit juices with your teeth is using a straw. Rinse with water after eating or drinking an acidic substance. Water helps in balancing acidic levels in your mouth.

What are the treatment options for your sensitive teeth?

Sensitive teeth cause nagging discomfort and sharp and shooting pain. If you have sensitive teeth, visit Gnathos Dental Clinic for an expert dentist consultation, diagnosis of the cause of your sensitive teeth, and apt treatment. Based on the diagnosis and cause of sensitivity, our dentist may recommend the following:

Specially formulated desensitizing toothpaste: Regular use of this toothpaste can help relieve pain. Different brands are commercially available (OTC) at your drug store. Discuss with your dentist to get the best one for you.

Oral application of fluoride – your dentist may apply fluoride to your sensitive teeth to strengthen enamel and reduce pain.

Bonding or desensitizing: Your dentist treats the exposed root surfaces of your sensitive teeth with the application of bonding resin.

Root Canal Treatment: Root canal treatment is a small procedure to treat your diseased dental pulp. Your dentist may recommend this procedure to you when you have severe pain and if other treatments don’t offer any relief to you. At Gnathos Dental Clinic we consider it as the most successful (gold standard treatment) for the treatment of tooth sensitivity.

Surgical Gum grafts: Loss of gum tissue can also cause tooth sensitivity in some cases. Oral dental surgeons take healthy gum tissue and fix it to the affected site to help protect exposed roots and reduce sensitivity.

Bottom Line

Single tooth sensitivity or sensitivity in multiple teeth can cause severe shooting pain when you eat or drink certain foods. Identification of the accurate cause of your teeth’ sensitivity is very important for precise treatment. Therefore, if teeth sensitivity is bothering you, then make an appointment with our expert dentist at Gnathos Dental Clinic.

To know more about sensitive teeth prevention, causes, and advanced treatment, visit Gnathos Dental Clinic.