JEFFREY SIMS: Sensitive teeth
can
be caused by a number of ways.
It
can be caused
from constant clenching
and grinding.
It
can be caused from acidic foods.
It can be caused from acid
coming from your stomach,
heavy tooth brushing where
your gums recede.
It can be caused from decay
as well.
So depending on what the issue
is,
will depend on what the solution
is.
If it's recession, where you
have a root showing,
then we can paint or apply
certain medicaments that will
take the sensitivity away.
We can also use a laser
to change the way
the sensitivity of that tooth
reacts to water inside the root.
But sometimes you
have
to put a filling on the tooth.
And sometimes it's just a matter
of changing somebody's bite.
So if they're hitting a tooth
a little harder,
we just
change the way the teeth hit.
