ushing and use ACT in the morning after brushing, yet I still get cavities? What more can I do? I have dozens of fillings and I am trying to keep the teeth I have.
2006-11-26 18:51:51 · 10 answers · asked by ES 3 in Health ➔ Dental
Hello I was wonder if you are a soda drinker? I know from personal experience that if you drink pop you must clean your teeth after word or the sugar & acid in it remain on your teeth almost all day even more so on your back teeth. so after eating or drinking anything try to risen out ur mouth with water or even wipe ur teeth off after woulds with a cloth if you can't bruse them every lillte bit helps when wanting to save ur teeth or give up drinking anything persweetened(pop,tea,coffee sweetened,lemonaides,etc.)Try using paste that are good for ur type of teeth and ask ur Dentist about it may you need a coating placed over your teeth to help them be portected.
2006-11-26 19:05:40 · answer #1 · answered by mamashouse_989 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides genes and diet, you could be overbrushing your teeth or brushing too hard, which can damage the protective enamel on your teeth. Without enamel, you will be more prone to cavities, even if you keep your teeth realy clean. You should ask your dentist if you have any erosion going on that may be playing a part in the cavities.
2006-11-27 02:30:35 · answer #2 · answered by groves96 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you have a fluoride deficiency? Your dentist should know what is wrong anyway?! If it's about fluoride, he can paint your teeth with it and that helps.
Try another dentist...a second opinion won't hurt.
By the way, if you brush too hard, you take the enamel off and therefore expose the teeth to decay.
Get another opinion if the dentis you have doesn't know.
Good luck.
2006-11-26 18:56:44 · answer #3 · answered by Jan Frost 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like bad genes, my nieces have that... the best that you can do is to drink lots of milk, and eat cheese, and other dairy products, OR take a calcium supplement, that MIGHT work...
The other part of this is, do you drink? Most people don't know that when they drink alcohol, that it leaches calcium from your body (including teeth and bones). Cut down on your drinking if that's the case, and stock up on the calcium! I recommend naturally, but if you're like one of my friends (lactose intolerant) you can't do that, so try a supplement...
GOOD LUCK!
2006-11-26 19:04:22 · answer #4 · answered by purplepartygirrl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you are doing everything right.....it could be in your genes
if you drink soft drinks, you should stop.or else brush as soon as your done drinking one, EVERYTIME
just imagine...coca cola eats the corrosive growth on your car battery terminals....just think of what it's doing to your teeth over time especially if you don't brush right away
2006-11-26 19:12:58 · answer #5 · answered by geekieintx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a calcium deficiency, but you should really be asking your dentist this question. I'm surprised s/he hasn't given you advice before now.
2006-11-26 18:55:09 · answer #6 · answered by lou b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
reduce the amount of sweet things you're eating
try brushing after every meal or buy special toothpaste at the chemist, i have braces right now and i got this flurosomething toothpaste from my orthodontist that's got lyk double the amount of anti-cavity thing in it.. duno wat it's called
but visit your dentist and he might suggest something
2006-11-26 18:55:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you need to eat healthily. more Calcium and maybe brushing too hard wearing all the calcium away.
2006-11-26 18:56:56 · answer #8 · answered by dianehaggart 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You have bad genes for teeth. me too. sucks. My dentist loves me. every time I go there he tells me "thanks for the boat payment", and his employees drag out the cruise literature.
2006-11-26 18:54:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
MAYBE U ARE EATING TO MUCH SUGAR. IT ALSO MIGHT JUST BE GENETICS. TALK TO YOUR PARENTS.
2006-11-27 03:04:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋