If you have sensitive teeth, this could be due to your oral hygiene habits. Without attention, your sensitivity could eventually lead to tooth decay! But we have a few tips for avoiding or stopping sensitivity. In today’s blog, Allen and Neumann Family Dentistry in Pella, IA, talks about easing sensitive teeth.
The Causes of Sensitive Teeth
What causes teeth to feel sensitive? For some, short-lived aches are possible due to changes in elevation, such as riding in an airplane or visiting a more mountainous region. Sinus or allergy issues, or even a cold chill in the air, could also be a source of sensitivity. But this passes after a few hours. If you have persistent sensitivity, this could mean weakened enamel and a greater risk of tooth decay, so you need action to help protect the smile and keep your enamel strong and intact!
Better Oral Hygiene Habits
To keep your enamel strong and avoid sensitivity, be sure you care for your smile each day. When you brush and floss, this removes the food and drink particles that could feed bacteria to cause sensitive teeth. You should also cut back on food with sugar and starch, and drink with lots of sugar, as this feeds harmful bacteria and leads to the buildup that weakens outer enamel. Remember, everyone in your family needs to brush and floss daily to protect your smile! But you also need to see our team every six months too.
Help with a Professional Cleaning
When you see our team for a visit every six months, we can examine your smile with digital x-rays and intraoral cameras, which enables us to catch decay in the earliest stages of demineralization, often before your teeth feel sensitive or ache. We can then discuss treatments, such as a filling, to treat the area and protect your smile from tooth decay and infection. For kids, we could apply fluoride to the teeth to keep the enamel strong and fight discomfort, and we could also coat the rear teeth in dental sealants, which also prevents cavities from forming in the hard-to-reach rear teeth.
Our team can also conduct a dental cleaning, in which we gently but thoroughly remove all plaque and tartar from the teeth, a process that helps fight sensitivity and protects teeth and gums alike from decay and disease. If you have any questions, or if you would like to schedule a visit for your next exam and cleaning, then contact our team today to learn more and get started!
Schedule Your Checkup with Allen & Neumann
We want to help stop aching teeth and protect your smile. To schedule an appointment for a checkup and cleaning, call Allen and Neumann Family Dentistry in Pella, IA, at 641-628-1121 today.