I can't explain the feeling in my tooth... like, I feel like I have a cavity or something.
2006-12-01 12:47:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
Okay, people, cavities work like this.....
When the cavity is small, no, you can't feel it. Not w/ your tongue or finger and it's generally not sensitive to sweets, hot or cold.
When you start feeling sensitivity to those things, you're on your way to having to have the tooth root canalled. And possibly crowned.
When the tooth starts keeping you up at night and/or breaking into pieces, it's generally time to have it extracted.
Of course, there are circumstances that make things not so cut and dry, but this is the basic jist of it.
Hope this helps!!
2006-12-01 14:28:51 · answer #1 · answered by Josi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u have a cavity on the walls of your teeth it should hurt when u floss. or if u have cavity on surface and its deep it should hurt when u chew on some thing. a x ray will show. don,t wait see dr to be safe
2006-12-02 03:00:17 · answer #2 · answered by answer man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you will feel it when you inhale cool/cold air through your mouth or when you eat/drink a cold or very hot food.A quick trip to the dentist will confirm or deny whether or not you have one and if you do the dentist can fix it and possibly save the tooth.
2006-12-01 20:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by hjbergel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe not if it's minor, but trust me, if a tooth is sensitive to temperature, particularly cold water, and sugary stuff you will know! That will usually give you a good painful zap.
2006-12-02 00:41:17 · answer #4 · answered by Indigo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can have cavities and not know it some only show on exrays get checked soon.
2006-12-01 20:56:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had my first when I was about 15 and did not know until I went to the dentist. I had no pain.
2006-12-01 21:11:34 · answer #6 · answered by ME 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually when you have a cavity it hurts when you eat sweet stuff, or drink hot and cold stuff
2006-12-01 20:50:54 · answer #7 · answered by glduke2003 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go to your dentist. Sometimes you get a bad toothache or your tooth really is sensitive.
2006-12-01 20:49:39 · answer #8 · answered by .:Blair:. 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
if it hurts and aces you proble have a cavtie coming in to your tooth or somthing
2006-12-01 21:58:17 · answer #9 · answered by alexis m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes u can tell i have som right now and my teeth hurt so much
2006-12-01 20:54:45 · answer #10 · answered by the_blue_martini_69 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋