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My 65-year-old mother has sensitive teeth. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor, My mother, aged 65, began experiencing sensitivity and pain in her teeth about a week ago, particularly exacerbated by hot food items such as tea. She visited a dentist five days ago and was prescribed antibiotics and painkillers. While the pain has significantly reduced, she still exp... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and understand your concern. I have reviewed both your blood reports and the dentist's prescription (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity). Your mother's health appears to be generally okay. From a dental perspective, it seems that yo... Read Full »
I have increased pain and pressure in the tooth after RCT. Why?
Query: Hi doctor, I did a root canal on the upper first molar tooth before three weeks. I had sensitivity towards cold and sweets for years. The tooth was slightly loose. So I did a root canal on it. The second sitting was done before a week. I started to have pressure on the tooth after two days. I consu... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. You have an infection still lingering in your tooth undergoing root canal treatment. It causes pain. Your dentist should place a calcium hydroxide dressing in the tooth, and it disinfects the canals. A course of antibiotics should be given. Also, the tooth should be tri... Read Full »
Why does the dental bridge become loose and sensitive after a while?
Query: Hi doctor, I had a tooth extraction in the past to replace that I had opted for a bridge. As a result, the tooth beside my missing tooth was drilled to some extent. After having that just in a span of one month a part of the bridge is chipped out. I could not chew hard food from that canine and al... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through your query and understand your concern. Yes, it is possible to replace your faulty bridge with an inbuilt type of replacement (Implants). The nearby tooth which was reduced for support needs root canal treatment. During bridge replacement, the n... Read Full »
I still experience an extreme shock eating sweets after dental treatment. Kindly help
Query: Hello doctor,After what I believe to be a dentist's procedure on my tooth, I still have an intense shock sensation when eating sweets. Kindly help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. You cannot distinguish someone's occupation from their scrubs, after all. However, it is incorrect if we think she was not a dentist. The best person to enter a tooth is a dentist. Did she? She also gave you care. If ... Read Full »
I have tooth sensitivity problem. Please help
Query: Hi doctor,I have tooth sensitivity problem. I am suffering from this problem since last two months. I am unable to drink water also. I tried many sensitivity toothpastes, but it does not work properly. Please suggest me a proper drug or suggestion for instant relief. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Tooth sensitivity happens due to many reasons, and it may be because of cavities in teeth. For instant relief, you need to put desensitized toothpaste, but as you are saying it is not working, then it is better for you to visit a dentist and get an x-ray done. They w... Read Full »
I have sensitive teeth. Is there a special toothbrush and toothpaste that I can use?
Query: Hello doctor, Which toothbrush and toothpaste are best suited for sensitive teeth? Thank you. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to iclinq.com. If you have sensitivity while having something cold or hot, I advise you to use any sensitivity protection toothpaste available in the market. Take a small amount of the paste, rub it all over your teeth, leave it for five to seven minutes, then clean the teeth with yo... Read Full »
Is extraction advisable for shooting tooth pain?
Query: Hi doctor, I have got problems with four different teeth. My front tooth is extremely sensitive and painful most of the time. A molar has had a deep filling that was done about a month and a half ago. Still, it hurts, and my dentist said it is nothing to worry. It feels as if shooting pains and some... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I just have gone through the photos (attachment removed to protect patient identity). For the front teeth, get a radiograph done. Maybe there is some trauma to the tooth and it requires root canal treatment. For deeply filling tooth, if the pain is there, then that can ... Read Full »
I have tooth sensitivity to hot food. Do I need a root canal?
Query: Hi doctor, My dentist convinced me to replace my metal filling with a nonmetal filling. After doing it, I got sensitivity to hot food and liquid. Then I went to visit my dentist. She took an X-ray and said the filling (she replaced) was close to the nerve. She suggested a specialist. He told me tha... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through your query. If the X-ray shows that the filling or cavity is approximating or involving pulp, you will definitely need a root canal as just a filling will cause pain and infection in future. Maybe the doctor would have given a temporary filling just ... Read Full »
I fell and cracked my fron tooth. The crack is not evident, but the tooth is sensitive. What to do?
Query: Hello doctor, Three days ago, I fell on my face and cracked my right front tooth right in the middle, horizontally. You cannot see the crack with your bare eyes, but if you shine a light from the back of my tooth, you will see it correctly. It goes from the right to the left, and it stops two millim... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. It is one of the most common complaints in routine dental practice. The fracture (hairline crack) might be only in the superficial structure (more likely in enamel than in dentin) of the tooth and not in the pulp (since it does not hurt). It requires minimal attentio... Read Full »
Tooth filling got chipped off and now I have sensitivity. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor, I had braces and got them off and two tooth (upper left, last two) had a gap. My dentist said my filling also chipped from the removal and decided to redo the filling. Afterwards I experienced pain. Like sharp pain from eating hard things like chips, grainy things that went into the g... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. If only that particular tooth is being sensitive and no other, then the best for you may be going through the root canal treatment. The teeth may have been grinded down due to successive refilling and may now be very close to nerve. Sometimes using a strong toothpast... Read Full »