Re: sensitive teeth -To Bethanne

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Hi Bethanne

Sorry to hear that your teeth are still causing you trouble 4 months

post op!! Thanks for replying though and letting me know at least

that I'm not the only one Hopefully both our teeth will start

behaving themselves soon!

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> >

> > Hi everyone,

> > Well, I was sooo excited to get my splint off a week and a half

> ago,

> > but....the two last upper molars on either side of my mouth are

> sooo

> > super sensitive, and it's driving me crazy. I first noticed they

> > were so sensitive to touch when I got my splint out (the

> sensitivity

> > is only a problem when brushing, since my back teeth don't

> currently

> > meet -- yikes, hopefully my ortho will look after that

> soon!!!!!). I

> > thought at first " well, hey, I haven't brushed them in 6 weeks,

of

> > course they're complaining a little! " but it hasn't gone away or

> > faded despite my best efforts at keeping them clean the past

> while.

> > Did anyone else have this? I thought it might be the braces at

> > first, but they're only sore on the chewing area of the teeth,

> and,

> > like I said it hasn't faded. Could it be the nerves 'waking up'

> > after being numb?

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