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>In addition, the researchers are investigating a gel or solution with the engineered peptide to treat hypersensitive teeth. This problem results from weakness

by Hamuko 5y ago

>In addition, the researchers are investigating a gel or solution with the engineered peptide to treat hypersensitive teeth. This problem results from weakness in the enamel that makes the underlying dentin and nerves more vulnerable to heat or cold. Most common products currently on the market can put a layer of organic material on the tooth and numb nerve endings with potassium nitrate, but the relief is only temporary. The peptide, however, addresses the problem permanently at its source by strengthening the enamel. I want this so badly. I've never had a cavity despite my poor dental hygiene habits and lack of dental practice visits but apparently I suffer from bruxism that can make half of my teeth hurt whenever I bite on anything harder than a wet noodle. Just now I brushed my teeth with a pain-numbing toothpaste and just the act of brushing my teeth made them hurt. Although sometimes I can go for some time without pain, it's been pretty much a constant in my life for the last years.

robocat 5y ago
For anybody that grinds their teeth, investigate getting a splint before you reach this stage. https://www.coredental.com.au/splints-dentist-recommend-one/ https://www.coredental.com.au/splints-dentist-recommend-one/
- djxfade 5y ago
  I struggle with this. However I don't know what to do. I couldn't wear a splint, because I have a very sensitive gag reflex. I can almost start vomiting just by brushing me teeths...
  - danielheath 5y ago
    Soft mouth guards as are used for contact sports? You dip them in hot water and then bite to form them, so they aren’t near your gag reflex.
    - djxfade 5y ago
      Yeah. I think the issue might be more a psychological one, I gag very easily
  - wonnage 5y ago
    See if your dentist can do a smaller splint on your front teeth, if your teeth haven't already been misaligned due to the bruxism this shouldn't cause anything to shift.
- crypto-cousin 5y ago
  Or jaw surgery. Splints (especially mouthguards) can force you to mouthbreathe and cause sleep apnea.
  - snegu 5y ago
    This is my problem right now. My dentist told me my ground-down molars are some of the worst he's ever seen, but my splint makes me snore terribly (I wear it anyway). Not sure I'm up for jaw surgery though!
- GekkePrutser 5y ago
  They give me very bad tooth pain and cause my teeth to move (I couldn't close my mouth properly after I used one for a couple weeks as 2 teeth would end up touching that didn't before). Luckily it reverted quickly but I stopped using it. I mainly used it because sometimes I woke up hitting my teeth together really hard (it hurt a lot) but it was mainly due to stress. I really try to avoid that now, if I fail I may go back to using it :( These lozenges will be great to get. I have pretty strong enamel though as they give all kids regular fluoride treatments. It really helped for me. I didn't have a cavity until the age of 43.
  - Scoundreller 5y ago
    > cause my teeth to move This is why you want one fitted across all your teeth by a dentist. And made out of a solid material so it continues to fit the same way rather than sharper teeth pushing down further. That way it sits properly and balances all of the tooth-tooth forces. Having said all that, mine developed a hairline fracture and eventually split in two, but actually sits a bit better as two pieces until I get a new one made in a month.
- mancerayder 5y ago
  That's not for everyone. I tried it for many months, and it made my condition worse and worse. Expensive appliance molded by my dentist, he even re molded when I complained it rocked a little, and then again gave me a different tech. All for nothing. Splint, or mouth guard in North America, caused me to develop daytime bruxism and it moved my teeth in such a way that my back teeth didn't touch firmly, which my brain wanted to resolve by biting harder. If it's my enamel or my TMJ, I guess I picked my TMJ. Grinding with the splint made my jaw hurt more.
acranox 5y ago
Have you tried a toothpaste with Stannous Fluoride? Potassium nitrate never helped me any, but stannous fluoride has helped with my tooth sensitivity.
- Hamuko 5y ago
  I'm currently using Elmex Sensitive Professional. It's apparently using arginine as its active ingredient. Although I don't know which ingredient in here it is that is actually in charge of numbing the pain. I know I've dabble with some other one as well but I have no idea what it had. I did find Meridol and Sensodyne Rapid Relief toothpastes listed on a national pharmacy's website that apparently contain stannous fluoride, so maybe I'll have to try those out at some point. I don't think I've ever tried either.
- galangalalgol 5y ago
  Doesn't pretty much all toothpaste have that? Unless its kid's toothpaste or something specifically for people who are avoiding flouride.
  - acranox 5y ago
    No they don’t all have it. Stannous fluoride is different than whatever the regular fluoride is. I don’t know the details, I just know my dental hygienist recommended I try it, and it actually helped, which I wasn’t expecting.
  - totalZero 5y ago
    Stannous as in tin (SnF2). Other fluoride toothpastes often use sodium fluoride or sodium monofluorophosphate. Stannous fluoride is slightly more likely to stain your teeth.
  - stjohnswarts 5y ago
    No they don't. You have to look for it. Crest and Colgate both have versions, the stannous has additional bacteria killing properties and filling in porous teeth as well that the potassium fluoride doesn't have. Plenty of research available online
elliekelly 5y ago
Have you looked into botox shots at all? When I tell you my life changed completely from a 15 minute botox appointment with an oral surgeon I am not exaggerating in the least. I’d had no idea what it felt like to live without bruxism - not only were my teeth better but my neck stopped aching, my back muscles stopped spasming, and I stopped getting migraines entirely. I had gotten debilitating migraines once every month or two since I was a kid and had been taking pretty serious medicine to prevent and combat them for the better part of a decade. They stopped completely, cold turkey, after my first botox appointment. And I had no idea that was even a possible side effect(? benefit?) of the botox procedure at the time! I’m sure I’ve written about it here before but it was wild how much the botox changed my quality of life to the point it was actually really upsetting to me at first. I had struggled for so long and I had to fight with insurance so much to get the botox covered (it was off-label at the time for TMJ, I think it’s approved now) and there had been a safe, simple, and highly effective solution that I sort of stumbled into out of sheer desperation, a lot of good luck, and a series of referrals on referrals on referrals. Oh yeah, and much to my dentist & orthodontist’s delight, I stopped breaking my retainer in my sleep, stopped needing a mouth guard at night, and stopped needing special toothpaste for my sensitive teeth. But those improvements pale in comparison to the literal whole-body benefits. I know it’s not going to be a magic bullet solution for everyone the way it was for me but the improvement was so night and day I have an almost compulsive need to bring it up whenever someone mentions they suffer from bruxism or migraines just in case it can put an end to their misery, too. So if you haven’t looked into it yet the potential upside makes it well worthwhile to bring it up with your doctor and/or dentist. Or, if you happen to be in Massachusetts, give Dr. David Keith at MGH a call.
- setman2 5y ago
  Very helpful information! Thank you so much!
- zwily 5y ago
  I don’t know you and haven’t had any of your symptoms, but reading your story brought a smile to my face. Thanks for sharing, hopefully it helps others.
- Kinrany 5y ago
Wistar 5y ago
Although I haven't personally tried it, I have friends outside of the US that rave about Sensodyne Repair & Protect original with the "Powered by NovaMin" badging. NovaMin is composed of special ceramic particles that coat the teeth with a compound that reacts with the saliva to form a durable physical barrier. The problem is that the stuff with NovaMin is not typically available in the US. I just searched Amazon and found that they do sell small tubes of the real thing for about $14 each. Looks like it is coming from Canada. https://www.amazon.com/Sensodyne-Protect-Whitening-Toothpaste-Packaging/dp/B008VPSTOA https://www.amazon.com/Sensodyne-Protect-Whitening-Toothpast... Here is a 2013 article: https://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/biomaterials/gsk-drops-ball-with-puzzling-us-release-of-sensodyne-repair-protect-sans-45s5-glass https://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/biomaterials/gsk-dro...
- minxomat 5y ago
  Not to be confused with the painkiller Novamin (Metamizole).
- Jach 5y ago
  I stock up on it (and Eat-Mores) when I visit Vancouver, but it's not magical and won't fix a bad habit of not brushing very often.
  - moneywoes 5y ago
    Live in Vancouver. Where do you purchase it?
    - Jach 5y ago
      I suppose anywhere the sells toothpaste, just make sure it has Novamin on the package since Sensodyne has other kinds. I don't remember exactly where it was last time, some random corner store near the Waterfront station (perhaps Shoppers Drug Mart looking at a map, or Seymour mini mart).
  - stjohnswarts 5y ago
    It helps a lot for sensitive teeth.
dheera 5y ago
> Conventional whitening treatments rely on hydrogen peroxide Has anyone tried those newer Japanese hydroxyappetite toothpastes? They aren't based on hydrogen peroxide. I recently started using this a few days ago. https://www.amazon.com/Apagard-Premio-toothpaste-nanohydroxyapatite-remineralizing/dp/B0016GCZSC https://www.amazon.com/Apagard-Premio-toothpaste-nanohydroxy...
EMM_386 5y ago
I was just told I need a quintuple extraction after having to go to the ER with jaw pain. 4 wisdoms and a molar. I really wish they'd hurry this up. It's too late for those teeth but maybe I can save others. I've been having some success with toothpaste with NovaMin (has to be purchased outside the US) and mouthwash that contains Dipotassium Oxalate Monohydrate. That is OTC in the US but you have to find the ones with it.
- wtvanhest 5y ago
  Not sure why you need the extraction, but for me personally, I had my teeth shift ever so slightly which threw off my bite. Pain was excruciating. The solution was a tiny amount of polishing a few of my teeth so my bite was better lined up. If someone had told me to remove the teeth because of the pain, I would have said yes. I’d at least make sure that they tested your bite before you move forward with extraction.
molticrystal 5y ago
This article is from March and states the trials were expected to start in March or April. They say each round of trials is 3 months so it will be just in time for the next round if you are aiming to sign up.
- Hamuko 5y ago
  I don't live anywhere near the United States so I imagine I can't.
emodendroket 5y ago
I have a similar problem but sleeping with a night guard helps, and also Gel Kam twice daily is much more effective than the sensitive tooth toothpaste.
SignalNotSecure 5y ago
Describe your diet in detail
dghughes 5y ago
Check into acid reflux aka GERD that could be a big part of your problem. I was to the point where eating a room temperature banana in mid summer was too cold for my teeth. My dentist figured out it was the acid I was coughing up getting on my teeth. I also grind my teeth but that's more mechanical the acid affects all surfaces of my teeth. Sensodyne toothpaste or similar helps a bit if I remember to not rinse it off.
timonoko 5y ago
This "biting hurts" sounds little ominous. Have they X-rayed your roots? I had recently two root canals and the doctor told they have been infected for half a century, but healed on their own. The reason they were infected was I a stopped chewing Xylitol-gum. And the reason I stopped chewing was I my teeth started cracking because of old age. Root canals are not big thing nowadays, painless and fast.
- Hamuko 5y ago
  I did have X-rays taken the last time I was at the dentist, but I don't know if that covers the roots.
  - timonoko 5y ago
    Ok. X-rays are not that good, it mostly is guesswork. But I remembered other indicator. Does it hurt when you push the roots from outside at your face? Also does it feel mushy or liquid-ly at some point. I had totally painless bag of puss under my eye for 10 years. Only when got infected for the second time, it started to hurt and needed a canal, via which the said puss squirted out. It is like totally new now, did not even need a crown.
    - Hamuko 5y ago
      >Does it hurt when you push the roots from outside at your face? Also does it feel mushy or liquid-ly at some point. I don't think so.
Faaak 5y ago
Have you tried Novamin containing toothpaste (Sensodyne repair & protect) ? I've heard its not available in the US but I suppose you could still buy it online. I've had tooth sensitivity for a while, and this tootpaste fixed the problem for me
- leokennis 5y ago
  Can vouch for this toothpaste. 2-3x more expensive than regular, but I never suffer from sensitive teeth anymore.
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  You can buy it on Amazon but you have to be careful about the source.
throw78239 5y ago
Yeah it's necessary to visit a dentist regularly, even if you go for conservative treatments. Every now and then they might have a good recommendation. Regarding the muscle tension itself Progressive muscle relaxation can help.
stjohnswarts 5y ago
Yeah my teeth are sensitive (cold and sugar). I could use something like this pretty badly. I've always brushed religiously but I still know over time and as you age enamel is just thinning.
mrwww 5y ago
I didnt know I had bruxism, but got a custom fitted plastic bite tray thing (sorry not sure how to translate) to wear at night, because i have a bad bite. And damn that thing changed my life. it was like €300. And yea discovered i had bruxism because my jaw and face felt so unusually relaxed in the morning. Make sure you look into having something at night so your teeth doesnt wear further :)
- andi999 5y ago
  I also looked it up, I think it is called a mouthguard.
graeme 5y ago
Others gave you good advice. But you need to speak with a dentist and see if your teeth are in good health. Some things I’ve tried that will help: * Fitted mouth guard (splint). This reduces tooth wear and muscle pain * Optirinse fluoride rinse. You can use this every day to reduce sensitivity * Sensodyn with novamin. Remineralizes * Face massage. I actually had a lot of tooth pain that was just referred pain. I grinded, my jaw tightened, this muscle tension hurt my teeth. When I pressed certain areas in my jaw and relaxed the muscle I felt the pain trigger, then dissipate. Some professional massage got rid of it fully.
INTPenis 5y ago
>I've never had a cavity despite my poor dental hygiene habits and lack of dental practice visits How old are you? I was the same until 34 years of age, that's when I bit down on a peanutbutter brittle piece from haagen daazs ice cream and broke my first tooth. After that the visits just piled on. Now I have one root totally dug out and filled in, (root canal?) and one small hole filled in. I floss daily and brush daily now. I take it seriously. Don't be like me, take it seriously now!
- waste_monk 5y ago
  I had a similar story, broke a tooth eating something that had no right to break a tooth, ended up with a dental implant and half a mouthful of assorted fillings and two partial restorations (both near misses - the decay was nearly to the root, and if I had left it another month or so they would have needed root canals). The worst part isn't even breaking the tooth or the resulting surgery, but rather it takes a year or more before things are back to normal with an implant (they backfill the extraction site with bone powder that acts as a scaffold to regrow the jaw and prevent sinking, which takes a minimum of six months, then they install the screw the implant attaches to and a temporary healing cap to protect the screw while it heals, and then wait another six or more months before the final implant can be installed). PLEASE take dental health seriously!
femto 5y ago
Get yourself checked for Periodontitis [1]. (Assuming the bruxism is self-diagnosed based on your lack of dental practice visits.) This is a common condition whereby bacteria get between the gum and teeth. It starts with sticky "plaque" from food and saliva, which hardens into tartar, which can get below the gumline. Bacteria grows in the tartar, which in time causes inflammation. At this point the damage isn't permanent and will be fixed by a dental clean. The inflammation causes swollen gums, which may be sore when brushed, and in the longer term the bone around your teeth recedes away from the inflammation. The receding bone leaves gaps around the teeth, which exposes their roots, making them sensitive, and the gaps exacerbate the condition by providing the bacteria a difficult to clean safe harbour. At this point the damage is becoming permanent, but treatment can prevent it from becoming worse. Left untreated over a period of years, the bone recedes so much that your teeth become loose, eventually falling out. End game is false teeth or equivalent. It's possible for the swollen gums to cover up the other symptoms by the swelling gums temporarily filling the gaps left by receding bone. The disease progresses over many years, so it's easy to ignore until there are permanent effects, but early treatment (a dental clean) will make it go away. In the years before permanent damage the only symptom can be an occasional gum soreness which goes away after a few days and doesn't seem worth worrying about. As far as I can make out, brushing delays Periodontitis by slowing tartar buildup, but over a period of many years it's not enough and one has to eventually go to a dentist to get the tartar scraped off, so Periodontitis causing bacteria have less places to live. Basically no dental visits over a period of many years with a typical diet = Periodontitis with permanent effects. [1] https://www.healthline.com/health/periodontitis https://www.healthline.com/health/periodontitis
airhead969 5y ago
I had 1 cavity in my decades and I had really awful habits. All of my teeth were sealed in youth. I too have bruxism that is wearing down some molars severely. My grandfather wore his teeth down to about nothing. My dentist suggested I get Invisalign for tooth crowding, veneers for small canines, and a mouth guard I can't tolerate at present). If had a workable mouth guard, I would do this lozenge thing. I feel sensation in my teeth and gums constantly. I never did whitening because I always thought the risks were too great.
- mancerayder 5y ago
  My concern with Invisalign is you have to wear a nighttime retainer for life. I had a bad experience with stuff in my mouth at night, which made bruxism worse when it was supposed to be better. When my brain feels something in the mouth on the teeth, it induces the jaw to bite more when I'm sleeping.

by Hamuko 5y ago

robocat 5y ago

For anybody that grinds their teeth, investigate getting a splint before you reach this stage. https://www.coredental.com.au/splints-dentist-recommend-one/ https://www.coredental.com.au/splints-dentist-recommend-one/

djxfade 5y ago
I struggle with this. However I don't know what to do. I couldn't wear a splint, because I have a very sensitive gag reflex. I can almost start vomiting just by brushing me teeths...
- danielheath 5y ago
  Soft mouth guards as are used for contact sports? You dip them in hot water and then bite to form them, so they aren’t near your gag reflex.
  - djxfade 5y ago
    Yeah. I think the issue might be more a psychological one, I gag very easily
- wonnage 5y ago
  See if your dentist can do a smaller splint on your front teeth, if your teeth haven't already been misaligned due to the bruxism this shouldn't cause anything to shift.
crypto-cousin 5y ago
Or jaw surgery. Splints (especially mouthguards) can force you to mouthbreathe and cause sleep apnea.
- snegu 5y ago
  This is my problem right now. My dentist told me my ground-down molars are some of the worst he's ever seen, but my splint makes me snore terribly (I wear it anyway). Not sure I'm up for jaw surgery though!
GekkePrutser 5y ago
They give me very bad tooth pain and cause my teeth to move (I couldn't close my mouth properly after I used one for a couple weeks as 2 teeth would end up touching that didn't before). Luckily it reverted quickly but I stopped using it. I mainly used it because sometimes I woke up hitting my teeth together really hard (it hurt a lot) but it was mainly due to stress. I really try to avoid that now, if I fail I may go back to using it :( These lozenges will be great to get. I have pretty strong enamel though as they give all kids regular fluoride treatments. It really helped for me. I didn't have a cavity until the age of 43.
- Scoundreller 5y ago
  > cause my teeth to move This is why you want one fitted across all your teeth by a dentist. And made out of a solid material so it continues to fit the same way rather than sharper teeth pushing down further. That way it sits properly and balances all of the tooth-tooth forces. Having said all that, mine developed a hairline fracture and eventually split in two, but actually sits a bit better as two pieces until I get a new one made in a month.
mancerayder 5y ago
That's not for everyone. I tried it for many months, and it made my condition worse and worse. Expensive appliance molded by my dentist, he even re molded when I complained it rocked a little, and then again gave me a different tech. All for nothing. Splint, or mouth guard in North America, caused me to develop daytime bruxism and it moved my teeth in such a way that my back teeth didn't touch firmly, which my brain wanted to resolve by biting harder. If it's my enamel or my TMJ, I guess I picked my TMJ. Grinding with the splint made my jaw hurt more.

acranox 5y ago

Have you tried a toothpaste with Stannous Fluoride? Potassium nitrate never helped me any, but stannous fluoride has helped with my tooth sensitivity.

Hamuko 5y ago
I'm currently using Elmex Sensitive Professional. It's apparently using arginine as its active ingredient. Although I don't know which ingredient in here it is that is actually in charge of numbing the pain. I know I've dabble with some other one as well but I have no idea what it had. I did find Meridol and Sensodyne Rapid Relief toothpastes listed on a national pharmacy's website that apparently contain stannous fluoride, so maybe I'll have to try those out at some point. I don't think I've ever tried either.
galangalalgol 5y ago
Doesn't pretty much all toothpaste have that? Unless its kid's toothpaste or something specifically for people who are avoiding flouride.
- acranox 5y ago
  No they don’t all have it. Stannous fluoride is different than whatever the regular fluoride is. I don’t know the details, I just know my dental hygienist recommended I try it, and it actually helped, which I wasn’t expecting.
- totalZero 5y ago
  Stannous as in tin (SnF2). Other fluoride toothpastes often use sodium fluoride or sodium monofluorophosphate. Stannous fluoride is slightly more likely to stain your teeth.
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  No they don't. You have to look for it. Crest and Colgate both have versions, the stannous has additional bacteria killing properties and filling in porous teeth as well that the potassium fluoride doesn't have. Plenty of research available online

elliekelly 5y ago

Have you looked into botox shots at all? When I tell you my life changed completely from a 15 minute botox appointment with an oral surgeon I am not exaggerating in the least. I’d had no idea what it felt like to live without bruxism - not only were my teeth better but my neck stopped aching, my back muscles stopped spasming, and I stopped getting migraines entirely. I had gotten debilitating migraines once every month or two since I was a kid and had been taking pretty serious medicine to prevent and combat them for the better part of a decade. They stopped completely, cold turkey, after my first botox appointment. And I had no idea that was even a possible side effect(? benefit?) of the botox procedure at the time! I’m sure I’ve written about it here before but it was wild how much the botox changed my quality of life to the point it was actually really upsetting to me at first. I had struggled for so long and I had to fight with insurance so much to get the botox covered (it was off-label at the time for TMJ, I think it’s approved now) and there had been a safe, simple, and highly effective solution that I sort of stumbled into out of sheer desperation, a lot of good luck, and a series of referrals on referrals on referrals. Oh yeah, and much to my dentist & orthodontist’s delight, I stopped breaking my retainer in my sleep, stopped needing a mouth guard at night, and stopped needing special toothpaste for my sensitive teeth. But those improvements pale in comparison to the literal whole-body benefits. I know it’s not going to be a magic bullet solution for everyone the way it was for me but the improvement was so night and day I have an almost compulsive need to bring it up whenever someone mentions they suffer from bruxism or migraines just in case it can put an end to their misery, too. So if you haven’t looked into it yet the potential upside makes it well worthwhile to bring it up with your doctor and/or dentist. Or, if you happen to be in Massachusetts, give Dr. David Keith at MGH a call.

setman2 5y ago
Very helpful information! Thank you so much!
zwily 5y ago
I don’t know you and haven’t had any of your symptoms, but reading your story brought a smile to my face. Thanks for sharing, hopefully it helps others.
Kinrany 5y ago

Wistar 5y ago

Although I haven't personally tried it, I have friends outside of the US that rave about Sensodyne Repair & Protect original with the "Powered by NovaMin" badging. NovaMin is composed of special ceramic particles that coat the teeth with a compound that reacts with the saliva to form a durable physical barrier. The problem is that the stuff with NovaMin is not typically available in the US. I just searched Amazon and found that they do sell small tubes of the real thing for about $14 each. Looks like it is coming from Canada. https://www.amazon.com/Sensodyne-Protect-Whitening-Toothpaste-Packaging/dp/B008VPSTOA https://www.amazon.com/Sensodyne-Protect-Whitening-Toothpast... Here is a 2013 article: https://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/biomaterials/gsk-drops-ball-with-puzzling-us-release-of-sensodyne-repair-protect-sans-45s5-glass https://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/biomaterials/gsk-dro...

minxomat 5y ago
Not to be confused with the painkiller Novamin (Metamizole).
Jach 5y ago
I stock up on it (and Eat-Mores) when I visit Vancouver, but it's not magical and won't fix a bad habit of not brushing very often.
- moneywoes 5y ago
  Live in Vancouver. Where do you purchase it?
  - Jach 5y ago
    I suppose anywhere the sells toothpaste, just make sure it has Novamin on the package since Sensodyne has other kinds. I don't remember exactly where it was last time, some random corner store near the Waterfront station (perhaps Shoppers Drug Mart looking at a map, or Seymour mini mart).
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  It helps a lot for sensitive teeth.

dheera 5y ago

> Conventional whitening treatments rely on hydrogen peroxide Has anyone tried those newer Japanese hydroxyappetite toothpastes? They aren't based on hydrogen peroxide. I recently started using this a few days ago. https://www.amazon.com/Apagard-Premio-toothpaste-nanohydroxyapatite-remineralizing/dp/B0016GCZSC https://www.amazon.com/Apagard-Premio-toothpaste-nanohydroxy...

EMM_386 5y ago

I was just told I need a quintuple extraction after having to go to the ER with jaw pain. 4 wisdoms and a molar. I really wish they'd hurry this up. It's too late for those teeth but maybe I can save others. I've been having some success with toothpaste with NovaMin (has to be purchased outside the US) and mouthwash that contains Dipotassium Oxalate Monohydrate. That is OTC in the US but you have to find the ones with it.

wtvanhest 5y ago
Not sure why you need the extraction, but for me personally, I had my teeth shift ever so slightly which threw off my bite. Pain was excruciating. The solution was a tiny amount of polishing a few of my teeth so my bite was better lined up. If someone had told me to remove the teeth because of the pain, I would have said yes. I’d at least make sure that they tested your bite before you move forward with extraction.

molticrystal 5y ago

This article is from March and states the trials were expected to start in March or April. They say each round of trials is 3 months so it will be just in time for the next round if you are aiming to sign up.

Hamuko 5y ago
I don't live anywhere near the United States so I imagine I can't.

emodendroket 5y ago

I have a similar problem but sleeping with a night guard helps, and also Gel Kam twice daily is much more effective than the sensitive tooth toothpaste.

SignalNotSecure 5y ago

Describe your diet in detail

dghughes 5y ago

Check into acid reflux aka GERD that could be a big part of your problem. I was to the point where eating a room temperature banana in mid summer was too cold for my teeth. My dentist figured out it was the acid I was coughing up getting on my teeth. I also grind my teeth but that's more mechanical the acid affects all surfaces of my teeth. Sensodyne toothpaste or similar helps a bit if I remember to not rinse it off.

timonoko 5y ago

This "biting hurts" sounds little ominous. Have they X-rayed your roots? I had recently two root canals and the doctor told they have been infected for half a century, but healed on their own. The reason they were infected was I a stopped chewing Xylitol-gum. And the reason I stopped chewing was I my teeth started cracking because of old age. Root canals are not big thing nowadays, painless and fast.

Hamuko 5y ago
I did have X-rays taken the last time I was at the dentist, but I don't know if that covers the roots.
- timonoko 5y ago
  Ok. X-rays are not that good, it mostly is guesswork. But I remembered other indicator. Does it hurt when you push the roots from outside at your face? Also does it feel mushy or liquid-ly at some point. I had totally painless bag of puss under my eye for 10 years. Only when got infected for the second time, it started to hurt and needed a canal, via which the said puss squirted out. It is like totally new now, did not even need a crown.
  - Hamuko 5y ago
    >Does it hurt when you push the roots from outside at your face? Also does it feel mushy or liquid-ly at some point. I don't think so.

Faaak 5y ago

Have you tried Novamin containing toothpaste (Sensodyne repair & protect) ? I've heard its not available in the US but I suppose you could still buy it online. I've had tooth sensitivity for a while, and this tootpaste fixed the problem for me

leokennis 5y ago
Can vouch for this toothpaste. 2-3x more expensive than regular, but I never suffer from sensitive teeth anymore.
stjohnswarts 5y ago
You can buy it on Amazon but you have to be careful about the source.

throw78239 5y ago

Yeah it's necessary to visit a dentist regularly, even if you go for conservative treatments. Every now and then they might have a good recommendation. Regarding the muscle tension itself Progressive muscle relaxation can help.

stjohnswarts 5y ago

Yeah my teeth are sensitive (cold and sugar). I could use something like this pretty badly. I've always brushed religiously but I still know over time and as you age enamel is just thinning.

mrwww 5y ago

I didnt know I had bruxism, but got a custom fitted plastic bite tray thing (sorry not sure how to translate) to wear at night, because i have a bad bite. And damn that thing changed my life. it was like €300. And yea discovered i had bruxism because my jaw and face felt so unusually relaxed in the morning. Make sure you look into having something at night so your teeth doesnt wear further :)

andi999 5y ago
I also looked it up, I think it is called a mouthguard.

graeme 5y ago

Others gave you good advice. But you need to speak with a dentist and see if your teeth are in good health. Some things I’ve tried that will help: * Fitted mouth guard (splint). This reduces tooth wear and muscle pain * Optirinse fluoride rinse. You can use this every day to reduce sensitivity * Sensodyn with novamin. Remineralizes * Face massage. I actually had a lot of tooth pain that was just referred pain. I grinded, my jaw tightened, this muscle tension hurt my teeth. When I pressed certain areas in my jaw and relaxed the muscle I felt the pain trigger, then dissipate. Some professional massage got rid of it fully.

INTPenis 5y ago

>I've never had a cavity despite my poor dental hygiene habits and lack of dental practice visits How old are you? I was the same until 34 years of age, that's when I bit down on a peanutbutter brittle piece from haagen daazs ice cream and broke my first tooth. After that the visits just piled on. Now I have one root totally dug out and filled in, (root canal?) and one small hole filled in. I floss daily and brush daily now. I take it seriously. Don't be like me, take it seriously now!

waste_monk 5y ago
I had a similar story, broke a tooth eating something that had no right to break a tooth, ended up with a dental implant and half a mouthful of assorted fillings and two partial restorations (both near misses - the decay was nearly to the root, and if I had left it another month or so they would have needed root canals). The worst part isn't even breaking the tooth or the resulting surgery, but rather it takes a year or more before things are back to normal with an implant (they backfill the extraction site with bone powder that acts as a scaffold to regrow the jaw and prevent sinking, which takes a minimum of six months, then they install the screw the implant attaches to and a temporary healing cap to protect the screw while it heals, and then wait another six or more months before the final implant can be installed). PLEASE take dental health seriously!

femto 5y ago

Get yourself checked for Periodontitis [1]. (Assuming the bruxism is self-diagnosed based on your lack of dental practice visits.) This is a common condition whereby bacteria get between the gum and teeth. It starts with sticky "plaque" from food and saliva, which hardens into tartar, which can get below the gumline. Bacteria grows in the tartar, which in time causes inflammation. At this point the damage isn't permanent and will be fixed by a dental clean. The inflammation causes swollen gums, which may be sore when brushed, and in the longer term the bone around your teeth recedes away from the inflammation. The receding bone leaves gaps around the teeth, which exposes their roots, making them sensitive, and the gaps exacerbate the condition by providing the bacteria a difficult to clean safe harbour. At this point the damage is becoming permanent, but treatment can prevent it from becoming worse. Left untreated over a period of years, the bone recedes so much that your teeth become loose, eventually falling out. End game is false teeth or equivalent. It's possible for the swollen gums to cover up the other symptoms by the swelling gums temporarily filling the gaps left by receding bone. The disease progresses over many years, so it's easy to ignore until there are permanent effects, but early treatment (a dental clean) will make it go away. In the years before permanent damage the only symptom can be an occasional gum soreness which goes away after a few days and doesn't seem worth worrying about. As far as I can make out, brushing delays Periodontitis by slowing tartar buildup, but over a period of many years it's not enough and one has to eventually go to a dentist to get the tartar scraped off, so Periodontitis causing bacteria have less places to live. Basically no dental visits over a period of many years with a typical diet = Periodontitis with permanent effects. [1] https://www.healthline.com/health/periodontitis https://www.healthline.com/health/periodontitis

airhead969 5y ago

I had 1 cavity in my decades and I had really awful habits. All of my teeth were sealed in youth. I too have bruxism that is wearing down some molars severely. My grandfather wore his teeth down to about nothing. My dentist suggested I get Invisalign for tooth crowding, veneers for small canines, and a mouth guard I can't tolerate at present). If had a workable mouth guard, I would do this lozenge thing. I feel sensation in my teeth and gums constantly. I never did whitening because I always thought the risks were too great.

mancerayder 5y ago
My concern with Invisalign is you have to wear a nighttime retainer for life. I had a bad experience with stuff in my mouth at night, which made bruxism worse when it was supposed to be better. When my brain feels something in the mouth on the teeth, it induces the jaw to bite more when I'm sleeping.