Hello. For the paste few months, I've had a really hard time eating sugary sweet because of some of my back teeth. At first, I thought it was a cavity. A few month ago, I went to the dentist, and he mentioned nothing. He even too x-rays. Yesterday, I went to the dentist, and he discovered a cavity, on the OPPOSITE side that bothered me. My mother says I have a sensitivity to sugar... but I'm scared if it's just an invisible cavity! Could it be a sensitivity, or a cavity?
PS. When I eat sugar, it doesn't hurt, but it has this bothersome tingly feeling. This has been happening for almost a year.
2007-08-19 06:30:20 · 3 answers · asked by Mayu 1 in Health ➔ Dental
If your dentist took an xray and didn't see a cavity than it probally is just sensitive. You might notice that your not just sensitive to sugary things but cold too, if that is the case try using toothpaste for sensitive teeth. If you really think it is a cavity check with your dentist again and ask him to do a panoramic xray to double check.
2007-08-19 07:42:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have the white fillings in your teeth, these can leak. The sugary stuff can get in there. This can go on for quite some time before decay is found, cause the opening is microscopic and the area it is seeping into is at the bottom of the tooth.
Not the answer you were hoping for I know. Try to figure out which tooth is bothering you and bring it to the attention of the dental staff every time you go in.
In our office, we keep track of stuff like that. Usually these cases pan out to further issues with the tooth. HOWEVER, sometimes they resolve on their own, so you don;t want to start drilling out everything.
Sometimes the sensitivity is on the side of the tooth on the root surface. This can be a cavity or abfraction (wear) from clenching. Take your fingernail along the edge of your teeth and see if you can reproduce the sensitivity. If so a sensitivity toothpaste or high concentrate fluoride can relieve the symptoms. I'm gonna assume there is no decay there cause you just had a check up.
2007-08-19 06:50:53 · answer #2 · answered by New Shews 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sugar has empty and useless calories, you don't need it at all. suggest that if it is causing you such concern, that it is no big deal to just stop eating it.
2007-08-19 06:36:04 · answer #3 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋