How To Prevent Tooth Decay

Sensitive teeth are a common problem among people. It creates so much discomfort when enjoying any of your favorite food. People may experience it with sudden pain and irritation in one or more teeth. The condition may aggravate by taking any hot, cold, sweet, or sour foods and drinks or by inhaling cold air.

People feel it especially when sipping coffee, tea or ice cream and cracking down any hard foods. Extreme sensitivity comes from irritated nerve endings in our teeth. Some home remedies are quite useful when it comes to sensitive teeth. If you get a combination of baking soda, sea salt and prickly ash bark and gurgle with them, the sensitivity will be minimized. The extracts from prickly ash bark, a plant, also known as toothache tree useful for gums.

Best Ways To Prevent Tooth Decay

Clove Water Paste

Clove is an age old remedy and has many qualities. It has the capacity to reduce tooth pain. Take some amount of clove powder and mix them with water to prepare a taste. Apply the paste every day after taking meal. The oil prepared from cloves, and salt water gargle is equally effective for temporary relief from sensitivity.

Cloves remedy will work better if you use it during flossing. Cloves contain eugenol, an anti inflammatory agent which will numb the pain. Apply clove oil with a cotton swab on the affected gums for about half an hour. When the pain will be minimized, try flossing the gum area. You will experience the difference within a few days.

Desensitized Toothpaste

Tooth sensitivity is mainly caused by gum recession, when gaps occurred in the roots of the teeth. Desensitized toothpaste has the ingredients which can fill the gaps between the teeth and reduce sensitivity in the affected parts.

Take some amount of the desensitized toothpaste into your finger and apply it over the sensitive areas before you go to sleep. Do not rinse them, though you can spit. Apply it for a few weeks and see the difference in sensitivity.

Use A Soft Toothbrush

Sometimes tooth sensitivity can arise from using harsh brush or brushing with too much force, which can destroy the tooth enamel, the tissue which protects the teeth. As people grow older, gum recession happens, and your tooth became more prone to abrasion created by a toothbrush.

If you use a soft brush it will cause less pressure while brushing and will not cause any damage to your teeth. Then sensitivity will also slowly become less.

Keep Your Teeth Clean

Sensitivity may arise from unclean teeth. Plaques will develop if your teeth are not cleaned, and they will cause acid which creates sensitivity.

So, it is very important to brush twice a day to prevent the plaques in your teeth. Flossing is equally important after brushing to make your teeth completely clean. This is a simple remedy to prevent any sensation on your teeth.

Use Lukewarm Water

Brush your teeth with lukewarm water to avoid the pain. It will give you temporary relief. Do not brush with hot or cold water, as it will increase the pain.

Lukewarm water mixed with soil is a great remedy for all sorts of tooth problem, not only for sensitive teeth. Try this process to make yourself free from sensitive teeth.

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