Sensitive teeth: Causes and how to solve

Some of us would have experienced sensitive teeth or while reading this article you are experiencing sensitivity in your teeth. Well here I will discuss my little knowledge about the sensitivity of the teeth. Some questions may arise in your pukiran what exactly is meant by sensitive teeth? What causes sensitive teeth? like where it prevented? and if already already sensitive teeth how do I overcome them? I will answer all these questions.

What is Tooth Sensitivity?

Sensitive teeth is a general term used to indicate the presence of hypersensitive dentine due to depletion of the enamel, gums and the opening of dentin decline, a layer under the enamel. Pain associated with tooth sensitivity occurs in the nerve, the pain of sensitive teeth is not always permanent; there is a transient and temporary, but periodic. Pain not stop may be a sign of more serious problems. However, it is important that you discuss
these symptoms with your dentist to determine the causes and subsequent treatments, because of this problem would be very disturbing if not followed up.

Causes of Sensitive Teeth

From the results of research experts in the USA, as much as 50-90%, giving patients greater pressure / excess when brushing your teeth. Habit brushing with excessive pressure can make the gums become irritated or gum from the neck down teeth, over time the roots of the teeth will be open (gingival recession), neck cavities, enamel layer thickness would be reduced so that when drinking cold water, sour / sweet or even toothbrush bristles touched will feel pain. Oral hygiene / poor state of the oral cavity, the buildup of plaque / tartar, which is, Äúrumah, Äù he lived many millions of germs in the oral cavity. Gradually tartar can irritate the gums causing the gums to bleed easily, there are not too bad breath, Äúsegar, Äù. The formation of tooth enamel is less than perfect (ename hypoplasia) may also occur in certain individuals. This situation will make your teeth become sensitive. Food impaction / buildup of food debris in the area meeting your teeth with teeth / tooth contact. These leftovers infiltrate through the neck of the tooth and difficult to reach toothbrush so it will be difficult to remove, over time the accumulation will be more and more, pressing the gum pockets deeper than normal. Broadly speaking, the causes of tooth sensitivity is:
1. Gums decline.
2. Orah Poor Hygiene (OH -).
3. Bleaching (whitening the tooth surface).
4. Email erosion.
5. Brushing your teeth too strong.

Prevention of Sensitive Teeth

To prevent the teeth become sensitive, the key is to reduce excess pressure when brushing teeth, using a toothbrush with the type that is not hard bristle brush and brush my teeth the right way. Using a special gig paste for sensitive teeth, routine dental check to the dentist, try not to drink / eat hot and cold at the same time.

Treatment of sensitive teeth

The steps that need to be considered for patients who are sensitive teeth memunyai;

1. Eliminating bad brushing habits with excess pressure.

2. Brushing your teeth in a way and the right time.

3. Using a type of toothbrush bristles are soft / soft do not use a bristle brush that has been damaged.

4. Using toothpaste that contains strontium chloride / potassium nitrate / fluoride or rinse his mouth with mouthwash containing substances above. According to the researchers these substances are capable of forming bonds and the crystallization of porous-porous covering on the surface of the tooth crown that many vessels nerves (dentine tubuli) / tooth root surface exposed, so as to eliminate the complaints of sensitive teeth.

5. In the open state of the tooth root / already arise in the neck hole dental fillings should be done.

6. In the case of tooth crown / thin enamel (enamel hypoplasia) made plain jacket crown.

7. Using the compound oxalate or with bonding agent to cover porus-porus/tubuli dentin.

With so many cases of patients who are appropriately memunyai the same complaint, always watching the steps that have been described. By enforcing discipline in maintaining oral health of all your complaints will be reduced or lost, the activity will be smooth.