Dr. Sanda Moldovan explains tooth sensitivity happens when nerves in your teeth get exposed through open tubules, usually from acid, grinding, or dry mouth. Test your saliva pH with litmus paper (under 6.5 is a problem), eat more vegetables, use MI Paste or custom remineralizing trays, and address the root cause like stress or grinding instead of just masking pain.
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About pH 7 to 7.5.
Under pH 6.5.
Contains calcium hydroxyapatite and does not have fluoride.
About one hour during the day.
Sodium nitrate.
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Hi everyone, I'm Dr. Sandha. Welcome to my channel. Why do you have sensitive teeth, you may wonder? And I get this question a lot. Well, sensitivity in the teeth means that the nerve is irritated that lives inside the tooth. So if we really look at the anatomy of a tooth, as you can see here, it's like we have a little micro channel inside the tooth. So here's a tooth and then you have the nerves and you see these little channels going all the way across around the tooth. So those little channels could be open. And how do those channels open? So if you have acidity in your mouth, then you'll have more sensitivity. If you grind your teeth, you'll have more sensitivity. So if we're just. If we don't address those problems, you'll continue to have sensitivity and then the enamel gets weaker and weaker and your teeth can actually start chipping and breaking. Dry mouth, for example, also can cause tooth sensitivity because saliva is a great way for our teeth to remineralize. So how do we remineralize teeth if we have dry mouth or if we have acidity in the saliva? Well, number one, with the acidity, you can actually get some lithmus paper and you can check your saliva first thing in the morning. It should be right around the pH of 7 to 7.5. You're too acidic underneath, under 6.5. And you could tell by looking at the color on the lithmus paper, then you're too acidic and your teeth will demineralize. In order to turn around that demineralization, we need to alkalinize our diet. So we need to incorporate foods that are more alkaline forming in the body, such as dark leafy greens, vegetables, cut down the fruits and the acids, really. We also have some topical products that we can apply on the teeth to help speed up that re mineralization. One of them that I really like is MI paste. And I don't have any interest in this company, but I do like their product the most. And why is that? Because it does not have fluoride in it. It has calcium hydroxyapatite to really help re mineralize the teeth. And it does have studies behind it that it does work. So it's something that I do recommend you try instead of the fluoride products that are on the market. Another way to decrease sensitivity is to actually have trays made in your dental office or at your dentist office in which we can apply a gel to help re mineralize your teeth and that you just wear for an hour during the day and you'll see quite a difference in remineralizing the teeth. What about those toothpaste that are on the market which say endorphins? Yes, they do work. They have sodium nitrate in them to help close down the pores of the teeth. So that way they decrease the sensitivity. But most importantly, a lifestyle change is important. If you grind your teeth, you will have more sensitivity. So stress reduction, meditation, wearing a NY card, all those things will help protect the teeth. But remember, number one, if you have sensitive teeth as a sign that something is out of balance, it's not just something. If we just apply a topical product and we don't get rid of the cause of sensitivity, then we're not really addressing the problem. If you have any other questions, tweet me rsanda or go below to my website and send me a message. Until next time, have a great day.
