Tooth Sensivity Highlands Ranch Dentist
Our Highlands Ranch dentists, Dr. James DeLapp and Dr. H. Candace DeLapp have had several patient report varying degree to teeth sensitivity. These reports have been with no dental treatment and on rare occasions after dental treatment. The question arises is ... what if the cause and... what is the treatment?. Eliminating possibilities is call the differential diagnosis and in the case of a new dental filling, crown or even dental cleaning "most" of these are self limiting and go away with time. Our Highlands Ranch dentists treat patients from Lone Tree, Castle Pines, Parker, Ken Caryl, Greenwood Village and Denver Colorado
The "common cold" in dentistry
Dentin sensitivity has been described my many as the common cold of dentistry and by other as toothbrush disease. Still others believe that clenching and grinding of your teeth contributes to this sensitivity. Is has been described as sharp pain arising from some stimulus such as cold or hot... tactile, osmotic (high sugar content e.g.) or chemical (citric acid in orange juice e.g.). It is a common oral problem and affect almost 60% of patients with peaks around 20 to 40 years old. Most of the time it is associated with the facial (cheek side) of the tooth just above the gum line.
Treatment options for teeth sensitivity
Treatment of teeth sensitivity revolves around treating both the cause and symptom. If the tooth sensitivity is due to clenching and grinding you are wasting your effort in placing desensitizers on the tooth until your treat the underlying cause of the sensitivity. Likewise over aggressive brushing with a hard bristle brush needs to stop before any treatment is to be effective.
Types of medicines or medicament's include products for tubule occlusion, protein precipitation and lower nerves sensitivity. The products in treating this problem range from oxalate, calcium phosphate desentizers, sodium fluoride, glutaraldehyde, stannous fluoride and potassium containing products. The above list is boring but it should be noted that there are "various" ways to treat dentist sensitivity.
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