Hard Toothbrushing Caan Cause a Sensitive Teeth

Toothbrushing should be a means for cleaning your teeth healthy can cause health problems if you are doing it wrong. For example, brushing too hard can lead to the presence of sensitive teeth.

How do you brush your teeth for this? Is moving horizontally or round shape?

Whatever the actual technique that diaminkan for brushing your teeth done slowly, and do not move too hard like a clean porcelain bathroom.

"Brushing your teeth should not be too hard, but more detail so that reach up into the gums," said Dr. Yuniarti Soeroso drg SpPerio (K) at the launch of Sensodyne Rapid Relief in XXI, Djakarta Theatre, Jakarta, Tuesday (25/10/2011 ).

Movement brushing too hard, continued Dr. Yuni will damage the gum tissue that covers the teeth. "So, do a 'soft' and 'gentle'," she advised.

Specialists periodontist from FKG University of Indonesia, said, when the enamel is open, the email will be eroded. The result will open dentin tubules, causing pain. This occurs due to stimulation of fluid which then stimulates the nerves that cause feeling pain.

"The sense of pain can be overcome by 'desensitizing agents' for relieving pain in the teeth. Usually, the substance is present in the toothpaste. When the condition is still light sensitive teeth, the toothpaste containing this substance could still handle it. But when the condition is severe , then it must be brought to the dentist, "She continued.

Dr. Yuni added, the use of toothpaste with active ingredients that can relieve pain in sensitive teeth can directly soothe the nerve endings in the teeth or block the small tubes in the dentin. Strontium acetate as a "desensitizing agents" is then shut down a small channel in the exposed dentinal pain, forming a blockage that the physical layer helps prevent the flow of fluid that can stimulate the nerves, especially in food or drinks hot or cold, "she concluded.