How to Determine a Dental Emergency_optVirginia Beach Dentist On Sensitivity Solutions!
While every patient’s case is unique to them- you would be surprised how many of the patients of Dr. Hooper, your Virginia Beach family dentist, suffer from some of the same symptoms that you do. It seems that on a daily basis we treat or see patients dealing with teeth sensitivity, though it may be triggered by different things or ultimately caused by something different too.

So what causes sensitivity? Why does half of the world’s population suffer from it at one point or another? How can it be prevented? Read on for more…

As stated above, every patient is an individual and how they first ran into the issue of teeth sensitivity is an individual occurrence as well. What we have found throughout the years, however, is that most patients have sensitivity due to their diet. With years of acid and sugar eating away at the enamel of our teeth, this layer can slowly erode away, leaving the “pulp” of the tooth unprotected. It is when these dietary habits continue that they can eat away at the teeth, causing microscopic holes that travel down to the nerve inside every individual tooth. When a solution then comes into contact with the nerve that the all too familiar throb and ache of sensitivity can begin.

Assuming that sensitivity has already started for you- how can it be brought to a halt?

If you walk down the aisle of any local pharmacy, you will see a great deal of products that deal with solving sensitivity. From gels to toothpaste to mouthwash- most of these products only help by temporarily numbing the area from which the pain is derived. Your Virginia Beach family dentist Dr. Hooper offers many sensitivity solutions for your teeth that will vary patient to patient that are of the most permanent variety.

For more information on sensitive teeth solutions from your Virginia Beach dentist, call (757) 417-7300 today!