 Hello everybody, Andrew Meiske here with dental L Mobile Hygiene. Let's talk about different types of tooth sensitivities and what it could mean depending on the type of To sensitivity that you do have so instead of trying to look on the internet looking on Google and Trying to figure out what is wrong with your tooth Let me kind of help you here because it does depend on if your tooth or teeth are cold sensitive Hot sensitive if it's painful like ouch if it's a dull ache If the pain comes and then goes away right away, or if the pain comes and does not go away so Thankfully there are different ways that we can tell and when in doubt though if you're not sure Visit your your Dental hygienist and then we can help you with that okay because tooth pain and tooth Sensitivity is not a nice thing and sometimes it can be a very very easy fix or I should say most of the time It's a very easy fix. It does not have to get expensive So let's talk about the the easiest one and the most common that is if your teeth are cold Sensitive so it could be due to a number of things but more commonly it would be if you have thin enamel or if If the gums are starting to shrink away Where the root surface of your teeth is now starting to be exposed? So that can happen from brushing too hard Even if you're not brushing hard now if you were brushing hard as a teenager for like ten years Then then some of your root surface of your your teeth could be exposed And that is what causes cold sensitivity the nice thing though is is that if you? Simply switch your toothpaste that should help because what that toothpaste does is it does help to leave a nice thin layer of Protectant over the enamel to cover up those exposed Surfaces and then you don't feel that pain. So that's mainly though for cold Sensitivity so I like Sensodyne toothpaste or there's one out there called Colgate sensitive Which is which is excellent to or pro enamel with Sensodyne in it to those I have to say are my Most favorite ones and those ones seem seem to work The best for the patients that I have now so those just seem to work So if you have teeth that are cold sensitive Simply switch your toothpaste and the key thing though is to make sure to use it every day Twice a day for a good two minutes each and every single time So then that way that thin layer can start to form over the teeth and then help against that cold sensitivity You might start to notice relief after a day it could take two weeks Everybody's different. It depends on how thin that enamel is and it also depends on how long that root surface has been exposed So another type of sensitivity is hot Sensitivity so if you're drinking a nice warm hot coffee or tea and that hurts the tooth Honestly, that's not a good sign. It could mean that the tooth is is is starting to die or is dead Now meaning you might need a root canal It's not the end of the world though So everybody hears the word root canal and they go. Oh my gosh. No, it happens you guys So what could happen is if you have had a cavity for too long and you didn't get it looked at and you didn't Get it fixed that cavity becomes larger and then goes into the nerve of your tooth As soon as it hits that nerve it becomes more than a cavity meaning you need a root canal because if we just simply did a cavity and Left the nerve alone that cavity is still eating away at that nerve So we would have to take the nerve out put something else in its place That is a simple way of talking about a root canal So if the tooth is hot sensitive sometimes not all the time you might need a root canal But having that said not all the time it could be a number of things, but that's just the most popular one What else if you have a toothache that is keeping you up at night Get it looked at because that could mean you have a tooth infection meaning a tooth Abscess and abscesses you guys do not go away Even if you've had the pain for a month a week a day and then two days later You don't have it it will come back because abscesses stay in our system You need to go to the dentist to get that that Looked at they need to determine the type of abscess that you do have you might have to go on Antibiotics in most cases, but then after that you will be fine Sometimes you might need a root canal on that tooth if the if the abscess has been there too long But every case is different Hopefully you will just need to go on antibiotics and that's it But it's never a good sign if the tooth is keeping you up at night where you can't sleep that's usually our first question is When somebody calls in and says they have a tooth emergency their tooth hurts We always say is it keeping you up at night if it is we need to see them right away. That is a true tooth emergency Another way to know that you or think you might have an abscess is if you're just that like achy pain like how Something hurts you might be in a lot of pain and you can't really say what hurts or you know how it hurts But something just hurts that sort of constant dull ache But you're not really sure where it's coming from that could be a tooth abscess. Please have it looked at What else so we talked about hot sensitivity. We talked about cold sensitivity. We talked about tooth abscesses Oh another one if your tooth or teeth is sore when you are eating something that could mean you have a cracked tooth So if the tooth is perfectly fine, and then you go to bite into something hard or you're just eating Something hard crunchy, and then you go. Oh, well that kind of hurts that sudden sharp pain could mean either The tooth is just a little bit too high so if you had a cavity recently and They put either a composite or an or an amalgam inside the tooth And then they let you go if it's a little bit too high So it's not quite matching The level of your tooth of where it was before then that could cause that oh well like something hurts You know when you're eating something or it could be a cracked tooth Which happens more often than you might think a cracked tooth People go. Oh, I don't see a crack, you know, you might not be able to see it It can be very very tiny. We would have to have a look and then know for sure And then in most cases we we have to go in there take that cracked portion out Put either a composite or an or an amalgam over top of that to sort of like hold the tooth in If the crack is is a deep one, we might have to do a crown or a root canal There's many different cases, but that is a sure sign of a cracked tooth If you're if it's if it's pretty much pressure So pressure is the only thing that hurts the tooth It could be a cracked tooth or if you had a cavity fixed recently And it's just the amalgam or the composite is just a little bit too high But that's a much easier fix where you come in for 10 minutes. We polish it down and that's it So those I would have to say are the more common ones if I missed one They'll let me know and if you guys ever have a sensitive tooth Hopefully not, but if you do feel free to send me a message on facebook And I will try to kind of help you out with that I can't tell you the exact cause of something without obviously seeing you first But I can give you a good idea If it's, you know, we'll give it a couple days see how it is or you need to see somebody now Because I think this is an abscess type thing and if you live in my area, I come to you which is awesome So let me know I make things easy Um, so if you guys have any questions, please let me know. Thank you so much for watching and I will see you guys in the next one