Tooth sensitivity and pain
What different kinds of tooth pain and sensitivity can mean, what usually causes them and when to be seen.
- Tooth sensitivity and pain
Why teeth can feel sensitive after a professional cleaning
Mild sensitivity to cold, air or touch after a cleaning is common and usually short-lived. A cleaning removes plaque and tartar that were sitting on the teeth, and…
- Tooth sensitivity and pain
Sharp pain when you release your bite: the cracked-tooth clue explained
A sharp, brief pain when you let go after biting, rather than when you press down, is a classic sign of a cracked tooth. Chewing can flex the two sides of a crack apart…
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Sweet foods hurt one tooth: possible causes to discuss with your dentist
A tooth that hurts when you eat something sweet usually has exposed dentin, the layer beneath the enamel. Sugars pull fluid through tiny tubules in that dentin, and the…
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Cold sensitivity that lingers: what your dentist wants to know
How long the pain lasts after the cold is gone is the detail your dentist most wants. A sharp twinge that fades within a few seconds is usually dentin hypersensitivity…
- Tooth sensitivity and pain
Why does one tooth hurt when you bite? Patterns that point to the cause
Pain in one tooth when you bite usually means that tooth, or the tissue holding it, is being loaded in a way it cannot tolerate. The common causes are a crack in the…