Normally, this condition of sensitive teeth presents itself after drinking cold liquid, eating cold or hot food, or breathing in cold air through your mouth. If the pain becomes intense, you should immediately consider calling Vancouver Dentist, Mount Vista Family Dental, since the nerve of your tooth could be exposed. Traditionally, sensitive teeth start when the gums begin to separate from your teeth. With the gums acting as a protective blanket, they protect and cover the roots of your teeth. When the gums pull away and recede, the roots have less protection, and therefore start to be exposed.
These exposed root tips contain tubules that lead directly to the nerve of the tooth. Whenever pressure, hot or cold temperature elements travel down these tubules, it will trigger these nerves and result in pain. Those people who don’t have sensitive teeth are those that have their gums covering these tubules, which prevent these types of things from happening.