Many people in the UK suffer from the irritating problem of sensitive teeth. Sensitivity is usually caused by hot or cold foods and drinks which cause a somewhat painful sensation that lasts for a few seconds or minutes.
Sensitivity usually occurs when the enamel which covers each tooth gets worn down. Enamel can be worn down in a few ways such as from teeth grinding, eating too much sugary and acidic foods and cracks in the tooth. As the enamel wears down, the dentine beneath becomes exposed. Dentine is a softer material where the nerves are. When hot or cold or acidic food or drinks touch the dentine, sensitivity arises. Often the area where the enamel is thinnest is where the tooth meets the gum – this is the area which most affects people with sensitive teeth.
For many people with sensitive teeth, certain foods and drinks can simply be avoided to prevent pain. Thankfully however there are lots of different ways to treat sensitivity and new advances in toothpastes, mouthwashes and toothbrushes mean people who do have sensitive teeth can deal with their problem much more effectively.
In order to prevent enamel erosion and thus limit the risk of sensitivity a few factors must be considered. Firstly cutting the consumption of acidic and sugary foods and drinks will help keep the enamel strong. Also brushing your teeth at least twice a day with a good brand of toothpaste will help keep the enamel strong. It is often advisable for people who do suffer from sensitive teeth to use a softer toothbrush as sometimes brushing too hard with a stiff bristled brush can be a cause of enamel erosion.
If you do have very sensitive teeth and the problem cannot be rectified by cutting consumption of acidic and sugary foods it is a good idea to try a sensitive toothpaste. These toothpastes, such as Sensodyne can help block nerve channels so that the discomfort when eating hot, cold, sugary and acid foods is much milder. Sensitive toothpaste has to usually be used for a couple of weeks before full results are seen however so this is not an instant fix.
For more serious sensitivity problems, a trip to the dentist will be necessary. Quite often sensitivity can be caused by gum disease which if left untreated can be extremely problematic and can result in the loss of teeth and bad damage to the gums, jaw bone and soft tissues in the mouth. The dentist will easily be able to spot gum disease during a check-up or hygiene visit and will then be able to guide you through how to treat it.
Maintaining the dentist is visited regularly, problems like gum disease and sensitive teeth can be dealt with as soon as they arise – it is always best to catch problems early before they become bigger, for this reason make sure you visit you dentist at least once a year or as regularly as they recommend.

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Dentistry in the UK has unfortunately got a bit of a negative reputation. There are many horror stories of terrible dental work and it seems the NHS is the root cause of this due to its unavailability, the low quality work it seems to encourage through its UDA system and the fact that most NHS dentists are foreign nationals without as much talent of sometimes even unequal qualifications as our born and bred UK dentists.
In the UK we pride ourselves on our education system, especially our University education programmes. We are lucky to have some of the top universities in the world operating on our small island and as a result we benefit from having some of the best brains in the world living and working in the UK. Unfortunately, in recent years the standards of one of our most difficult to get into careers – dentistry has been falling. As a practice manager at a top cosmetic dental practice I find it hard to believe some of the cases we have had come through our door. Quite often we will have patients come to our surgery who have spent thousands of pounds on what is quite simply shoddy dental work. It is then our principle dentist’s job to try and sort out the mess and regain the patient’s faith in dentists.
I often see patients who are having trouble with their teeth due to their dentist making silly, inexcusable mistakes such as fitting implants to someone who is not suitable, botching crown work or failing to notice decay and disease. It is unsurprising therefore that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has emerged in a bid to root out and penalise dentists who are not operating in the correct ways. Unfortunately however, the CQC seem to be more focused on implementing and enforcing a largely unimportant and irrelevant manifesto that, rather than protecting patients from bad work, seems to be more focused on punishing dentists for not living up to strict regulations on things such as (and I quote from their website) “making sure food and drink meets people’s needs.” Now this to me sounds like more government nonsense that really is a waste of time adhering to. Surely dentists and their staff can work out whether milk has gone off? And surely they can work out if their cereal is out of date? And I really would expect any person working at a dental practice, whether they are a fully qualified dentist, a nurse or even a cleaner can work out for themselves how to eat and drink correctly. It is therefore crazy to expect a dentist to pay the CQC large sums of money every year in order to have the pleasure of being regulated by, what seems to be quite frankly, another out of touch government mumbo-jumbo committee.
In order to safeguard patients from bad treatment I believe they only way to start making a difference is to look at other areas. I strongly believe that the main reason we have some incompetent dentists is due to the extremely high entry requirements needed to gain a place on a dental degree. Dental schools only accept only the very highest performers at A-Level requiring a minimum of three A’s, two of which must be in maths and chemistry, the final one can either be in biology or physics . Because of these extremely high entry requirements, dentistry in the UK is being shot right through the foot. Whilst it may seem important to ask for such high exam results in order to apply for such a long, strenuous course, I also believe that we need not just academics but practical dentists who can actually do dentistry. What seems to be happening is that we are training up super-intelligent people to become dentists who may be able to study extremely well and pass exams with flying colours whilst gaining every letter after their name under the sun. At some point though, the question has to be asked – can these super-geeks actually do practical work? Unfortunately it seems many of these dentist’s cannot. In order to gain a higher standard of dentistry in this country I think it imperative to start making changes in the university requirements in order to attract physically and not just mentally able dentists. Let’s face it, you can have all the qualifications in the world if you are super intelligent but that does not necessarily mean you will be any good at actually doing the extremely hands on and almost artistic work that is modern dentistry.

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