Sensitive teeth may have deeper cause

A tooth that is sensitive to sweets usually means there is a cavity that
needs to be restored. The cause of sensitivity to cold is often difficult to determine, and frequently difficult to eliminate. A new study in the November/December 2002 issue of General Dentistry has found a relationship between people with sensitive teeth and hypersensitive other senses such as sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch( termed organ of special sense). The nerve intervention to the teeth comes from the same histological tissue as the nerve tissue that carries sensory information from the special senses.

Therefore if you are one of these people that have sensitive teeth, consider if you also are more sensitive to light, noise, smell, and pain. If so your problem may not be tooth related but a result of how you are wired.

John V. Reitz, D.D.S., F.A.G.D.
Signature Dental Care
30 Commerce Drive
Wyomissing, PA 19610
Phone: 610-320-9993
E-mail: jreitz@reitzdds.com

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