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Does your oral health care tick all the boxes?
10th Feb 2011
Oral health promotion is crucial to the success of a practice as well as to the health of the population.
The Department of Health's Delivering Better Oral Health, an evidence-based toolkit and Professor Jimmy Steele's review of NHS dentistry both talk about oral health and quality of care as the way forward.
But, in taking care of patients' oral health, there can be some conditions which are tricky to diagnose – and treat.
Pinpointing the root cause of tooth sensitivity, for example, can be tricky, especially as there can be many factors.
Tooth sensitivity can impact on the lives of people at various times with the levels of discomfort varying from twinges in the tooth or teeth to sharp shooting pains which can last for hours.
Sometimes, sensitivity can be caused by of hot, cold or sweet foods and drinks.
The condition occurs when the receding tissue exposes the dentinal channels that, in turn, allow hot, cold or sweet stimuli to touch the nerves in the tooth, which causes discomfort and pain.
There are a number of desensitising products and toothpastes for tooth sensitivity which can relieve the symptoms.
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