Sensitive teeth and surface "flash orders" are not a good thing and worsen to tooth decay.

Many people have tooth sensitivity. When eating, the teeth are sore and numb. After getting used to it, they ignore it.

In fact, if the sensitive teeth are not cleaned well, the chance of tooth decay will increase greatly, and the tail will grow at any time.

There are many dietary traps in daily life that can easily induce sensitive teeth, especially foods with high acidity, such as apples, grapefruit, and even most popular sports drinks. Seek advice from your dentist early and brush your teeth frequently with fluoride-containing toothpaste to "stop erosion" early.

Written by: Physician Huang Lingmin, Medical Consultant and Dentist

When eating frozen, hot, sour food, or hard and small food such as peanuts, the teeth suddenly appear sore for a while, which may be a sign of sensitive teeth.

Sensitive teeth symptoms are very common, regardless of age.

Due to the different tolerance levels of each person, some people seek medical treatment because of the pain and numbness, while others are used to coexisting with pain and suffering because of continuous patience.

Sensitive teeth are caused by damaged enamel and exposed teeth.

Enamel, the outermost layer of teeth, is easily damaged by acid and grinding.

When the acid-base value (pH value) of acidic food and drink is lower than 5.5, the enamel has a chance to be lost.

Sports drinks, fruit vinegar, soft drinks, and even beer and whiskey are mostly acidic drinks. The acidic fruits commonly included in diet meals include grapefruit and apples, which can also erode teeth if eaten too much.

When a patient sought medical treatment, the teeth had been severely eroded by acid, and the teeth were obviously yellow and the surface was "flashing".

Having such "shiny" teeth is not a good thing; showing that the white enamel has been severely damaged, and exposing the yellowish dentin underneath, these damaged and fragile teeth are prone to chipping.

If you keep ignoring it, eating hard food can leave pits or cracks on the tooth surface at any time.

Tooth decay occurs when food particles get stuck in them.

To diagnose sensitive teeth, dentists will use the elimination method clinically, starting from the pain, first observe whether the patient's teeth suddenly tingle under stimulation, and whether the pain lasts for a while.

It has been said that the pain caused by "trigeminal neuralgia" is easily confused with the soreness of sensitive teeth.

In fact, trigeminal neuralgia is a relatively rare disease, and the duration of pain is significantly longer than that of sensitive teeth.

When it is confirmed that the patient has sensitive teeth, the dentist will advise the patient to improve the living habits that are unfavorable to the teeth, such as eating less hard and small foods to avoid tooth damage; he will also prescribe fluoride ointment or toothpaste with high fluoride concentration according to the situation, which will help Soothes sensitive symptoms.

Patients can also use anti-sensitivity toothpaste under the advice of the dentist. This type of toothpaste can slow down the response of the tooth nerve and can also seal the tiny channels in the exposed dentine, thereby reducing tooth sensitivity.

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