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Tooth sensitivity, also known as tooth sensitivity, is a fairly common oral disease today. Tooth sensitivity makes you feel uncomfortable, painful when eating sweets and hot, cold, and sour foods and drinks or when brushing your teeth. To prevent tooth sensitivity when eating sweets, you can take solutions such as: be careful in choosing foods, perform regular dental check-ups to protect oral health.
1. Why do I have tooth sensitivity when I eat sweets?
Tooth sensitivity makes you feel uncomfortable, painful when eating sweets and hot, cold, sour foods and drinks or when brushing teeth. Tooth sensitivity when eating sweets is often a sign of dental problems. The causes of tooth sensitivity are as follows:
Enamel erosion: Using high-sugar foods, high acidic foods is the cause of enamel erosion and exposing dentin or habits. Brushing teeth too hard, brushing teeth improperly, abrasive teeth, regularly using mouthwash, using toothpaste with high abrasiveness. Damage to teeth due to many causes such as: Due to an accident or playing sports that damaged teeth, chipped or broken teeth exposing dentin, habit of using teeth to open bottle caps, hold nails, .... Teeth whitening, tartar removal, braces, and fillings are also the causes of temporary tooth sensitivity during treatment. Gingivitis, age-related gum recession and other periodontitis diseases. Habit of grinding teeth or eating foods that are too hard. Another reason why you have tooth sensitivity is due to tooth decay. Tooth decay causes bacteria to accumulate to form plaque on the teeth, causing acid to appear and cause enamel erosion. If not treated promptly, the size of the cavities will increase, causing an infection.
2. How is tooth sensitivity when eating sweets treated?
Having tooth sensitivity when eating sweets is a sign that the teeth are damaged, especially when the tooth sensitivity is prolonged. However, so far, according to dentists, there is no specific medicine to treat tooth sensitivity orally. When you have tooth sensitivity, your dentist can prescribe some medications to help relieve your pain, as follows:
Use fluoride gel to combat sensitivity: This is a medicinal product that is applied directly to the areas. Sensitive teeth help relieve temporary tooth sensitivity, improve discomfort, toothache pain. Use pain relievers such as paracetamol, aspirin and antibiotics to help kill the bacteria that cause dental diseases. Use high fluoride toothpaste specially formulated for sensitive teeth for daily use Boost your vitamin and mineral intake by eating more vegetables, fiber, cheese, yogurt: One of the reasons Causes sensitive teeth, easily numbed as well as more prone to bleeding gums, which is due to a lack of vitamins and minerals. Therefore, you should strengthen the supplement with vitamins and minerals such as: calcium, vitamin D, vitamin A, vitamin B, ... In case of damaged teeth, the dentist will treat dental restorations and reconstruct it. places where enamel is lost. Besides, to prevent tooth sensitivity when eating sweets, you can do the following solutions:
Be careful in choosing foods, when eating sweets you need to choose foods and drinks It is appropriate not to use foods containing too much sugar and high acidity because it can increase the risk of dental diseases while the enamel is gradually being worn away. Perform regular dental check-ups to protect oral health, remove tartar every 6 months, limit incorrect at-home teeth whitening techniques. Use an anti-crushing tray while sleeping. Use a soft-bristled toothbrush instead of a hard-bristled toothbrush. Brushing with a hard-bristled toothbrush is one of the leading causes of increased risk of tooth wear and receding gums. Perform daily brushing gently, brush teeth according to the correct circular motion technique, clean teeth in every nook and cranny. In addition, you should change your toothbrush periodically at least every 3 months or when the bristles show signs of lint, wear, and frayed sides. After eating, wait at least 30 minutes to brush your teeth because immediately after eating, the pH in the oral cavity will drop, if you have eaten sweets or drank foods containing a lot of acid before such as lemon juice. or soda, brushing your teeth at this time will make your teeth more susceptible to erosion and easily lead to tooth sensitivity. Do not eat foods that are too hard, do not use your teeth to open bottles, bite your nails. The above are considered the causes of tooth sensitivity and the remedies that can be applied at home. You can refer and follow. In case if tooth sensitivity persists for a long time, you should go to a medical facility that specializes in clinic science to be examined for appropriate indications.
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