2. SENSITIVE TEETH

3. If the taste of ice cream or a sip of coffee
is sometimes painful or if brushing or
flossing makes you wince occasionally,
you may have a common problem called
“sensitive teeth”

4. Usually people over 30yrs old but it increases with age.
38% of adults regularly suffer from painful teeth due to sensitivity.
Usually people over 30yrs old but it increases with age.

5. What are the teeth sensitive to?

6. WHY ARE TEETH SENSITIVE?

7. Layers of the Tooth Enamel Dentin Nerve Cementum
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8. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF TOOTH SENSITIVITY?

9. Cavities Cracked Fillings
Can be sensitive to one or more of cold, hot, sweets, biting.
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10. Cracked Tooth
It can be sensitive to one or more of cold, hot, sweets, but usually more to biting
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11. Sinus Pressure Fluid pressure on the end of the roots can make the
teeth sore to bite & cold sensitive

12. WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF TOOTH SENSITIVITY?

13. Tooth Brush Recession and Toothpaste Abrasion
Can be sensitive to sweets but usually cold

14. Tooth Wear and Erosion

15. The sensitivity usually lingers & worsens with time
When the nerve in the tooth is dying it can be sensitive to cold
The sensitivity usually lingers & worsens with time

17. Trauma to a tooth can cause it to be temporarily sensitive
to cold & biting
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18. A High Bite Can Make A Tooth Sensitive to Cold and Biting

19. Always seek the advice of a dentist
because it may be very simple to fix
but
become more complicated if gone undiagnosed.