Teeth sensation treatment
Sensitive teeth are treated by finding the trigger and protecting exposed dentine, repairing damage, or treating an inflamed pulp.
The short answer
To treat sensitive teeth, identify the cause and protect exposed dentine or repair the tooth rather than masking the sensation alone.
What is the direct answer?
What does this question mean?
Cold, sweet, touch, or air can stimulate dentine tubules when enamel or gum coverage is lost. Decay, erosion, abrasion, recession, a cracked tooth, a leaking restoration, or pulp inflammation can produce similar symptoms.
What can you do next?
Use a soft brush with gentle pressure and a desensitizing fluoride toothpaste, and limit acidic drinks between meals. Do not ignore one tooth with lingering or spontaneous pain.
When should you seek dental care?
Arrange an examination when sensitivity is new, worsening, localized, or lasts after the trigger stops. Swelling, pain on biting, a visible crack, or spontaneous pain needs prompt assessment.
What should you ask the dentist?
Ask whether the cause is exposed dentine, decay, recession, erosion, a crack, or pulp disease, and whether fluoride treatment, bonding, gum care, a crown, or root canal treatment is indicated.
Frequently asked questions
Can sensitive toothpaste fix a cavity?
No. It may reduce sensitivity, but a cavity still needs an examination and restoration when indicated.
Why does one tooth react more than the others?
A local crack, filling defect, decay, recession, or pulp change can make one tooth react differently.