What to do if your teeth are sensitive and painful? 5 preventive and therapeutic methods

Many people will experience toothache after eating irritating foods, such as foods that are too cold, too sour, or too spicy. This is a sign of tooth allergy. What should you do? These 5 tips can help you relieve tooth allergy.

1. Brush your teeth and rinse your mouth with warm water

The human dental pulp nerves are sensitive to temperature, and when encountering cold or hot stimulation, they will cause toothache due to allergies. This is especially true for patients with tooth wear or exposed dentin. Warm water is a natural protective agent for teeth and can prevent and treat allergic toothaches. Tea contains fluoride, and gargling with warm tea regularly can protect teeth, prevent caries and treat toothaches.

2. Eat warm food and avoid eating sour or sweet food

The optimum temperature for teeth is 35-36℃, and they are suitable for metabolism in a weakly acidic environment with a pH value of around 6.8. Eating spicy foods that are too cold or too hot, or too sour or too sweet, can cause toothache. Therefore, to prevent and treat toothache in this situation, it is best to change your eating habits, eat more warm foods, and avoid eating too sour or too sweet foods.

3. Brush your teeth with desensitizing or acid-resistant toothpaste

Desensitizing or acid-proof toothpaste can reduce tooth allergies. This kind of toothpaste contains fluoride, which can prevent teeth from dephosphorizing and decalcifying in an acidic environment. It has the effects of anti-acid, anti-aging and pain relief.

4. Rub garlic to relieve pain

For toothache patients with severe tooth wear and clear painful areas, you can use raw garlic to repeatedly rub the sensitive areas, 1-2 times a day, 1-2 minutes each time. After 1-2 weeks, the pain will be significantly reduced or disappear.

5. Chew walnut kernels

If you have toothache after eating acidic foods such as vinegar, yogurt or sour fruits, you can put walnut kernels in your mouth and chew them. Because walnut kernels are alkaline foods, chewing them slowly can neutralize the acidic substances on the tooth surface, so your teeth will not ache.

To sum up, the above is an introduction to five methods for preventing and treating allergic toothache. I hope it will be helpful to your health.