Imagine that you are out having a good time with your family at a theme park, and you purchase yourself some cotton candy for old times’ sake. Eating the cotton candy makes feel good and you become nostalgic, thinking back to when you were once a child at a theme park. As you watch your own child wave at you from one of the rides, you wave back and take another bite of the cotton candy. However, this time, this bite doesn’t make you feel good.
Instead, you feel a sharp pain run through your tooth that hurts badly and calling your dentist seems fit.
It may not be the cotton candy itself that caused the pain with your tooth. But the cotton candy may have been a trigger for problems that have been developing for some time. Your dentist can help determine what is going on with your teeth and provide you with treatment and tips to keep your teeth and gums healthy.
What are some foods that are bad for your teeth making them sensitive to fun foods you’ve always enjoyed? Relax, it doesn’t mean you have to give them up. With proper oral health practices and dental care it can be treated or managed at the very least.
Sugar
When you eat sugary items, it combines with saliva and bacteria to create plaque. The plaque, in turn, starts to destroy the enamel on your teeth. This can result in cavities. These holes in your teeth sometimes may not affect you. However, in the worst cases, cavities can produce unbearable pain. This is usually because the cavity is close to a nerve. The proximity to nerves in your teeth can present problems such as tooth sensitivity when drinking or eating hot or cold foods. It can also cause sharp pain.
Sodas
Soda is one of the most popular beverages on the market. But just like with sugar, soda can erode the enamel on your teeth and cause cavities. Sodas have a lot of acid within them, and this acid helps weaken the tooth enamel. Soda also damages the dentin in your teeth. Enamel protects dentin, but once the soda erodes the enamel, the dentin is exposed. When dentin in your teeth is exposed to the food that you eat, this increases the likelihood that you will experience pain or sensitivity from the various types of food that you eat.
Ice
Having ice in your drinks is not necessarily a bad thing. However, chewing on ice regularly can wreak havoc on your teeth. Just like with sugar and sodas, chewing on ice can damage your tooth’s enamel. Not only are you at risk for damaging the enamel, but the act of chewing on hard ice can make small cracks in your teeth, leaving them vulnerable to bacteria that can lead to infection. This can make your teeth prone to pain and sensitivity.
Coffee
Just like with sugar and sodas, coffee can also cause tooth enamel erosion. However, this isn’t the only damage that coffee can cause. Coffee can cause a host of problems in your mouth, including halitosis and stains.
Citrus
Most people consider fruits to be a healthy addition to their diet, and in most cases, they are. You may love how oranges, lemons, and grapefruit help keep your body healthy, but the citrus in them may be destroying your tooth enamel which can cause tooth sensitivity and decay. You don’t have to stop eating citrus fruits because the good outweighs the bad however, talk to your dentist on some ways to keep the negative effects at bay.
Certain foods and drinks can destroy your teeth, making them vulnerable to pain and sensitivity. There are items on the market that can decrease your tooth sensitivity, such as gels and certain types of toothpaste and mouthwash.
It would be best if you see your dentist about persistent tooth pain and sensitivity, however. These issues may be related to cavities or may be an onslaught of periodontal disease. If tooth problems are caught early, your dentist may be able to reverse the damage that food and drinks have had on your teeth.
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