Does ice water already make you wince? Sensitive teeth deserve a careful look before whitening, and that assessment happens at our McPhillips Street clinic.
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If you are in Garden City and have put off whitening because you expect it to hurt, this page is written with you in mind. Whether it is possible for you depends on why your teeth are sensitive and how severe that sensitivity is, and those are questions a dental assessment can answer far better than a guess can.
Sometimes a slower protocol or lower-strength gel may be more comfortable. In other cases, a condition such as recession or a crack needs treatment before whitening should even be considered. Either way, finding out the cause gives you something much more solid than crossing your fingers.
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Knowing why a tooth reacts tells us more than knowing that it does, and it guides what is recommended.
Reduced strength or a slower schedule might suit you, if whitening proves appropriate at all.
A protocol is not set in stone, and it can be revised in response to how your teeth feel.
Neither approach is inherently the gentle one. They simply offer different ways to respond if your teeth start objecting, and the dentist takes your history into account when recommending one.
The team stays with you during the session and can change course based on what you report as it unfolds.
A gradual series of applications gives you and the dentist more scope to slow things down if needed.
Whitening gel can aggravate sensitivity that has not been treated, so the source of your symptoms gets looked at before any plan is finalized.
Here is how the conversation usually flows when discomfort is your biggest concern. Shade still matters, of course, but it is not where we begin.
Request your visitWhich teeth react, and to what? Cold, sweets, or brushing can all be useful clues, as can how long the feeling tends to stay.
An examination checks for exposed roots, cracks, decay, leaking restorations, and inflamed gums, since any of these could be behind what you feel.
Some findings call for care before whitening. Otherwise, the concentration, contact time, and frequency can be selected with your sensitivity in mind.
As whitening progresses, tell the team how your teeth feel, so that any changes to your protocol can be made promptly.
Sensitivity can be hard to describe from memory while sitting in a dental chair. Jotting down a few details in the days before your visit gives the dentist a clearer picture.
Please mention sensitivity when you request your appointment, so the clinic knows what you would most like to discuss.
Tell us how you are feeling at any point.
Whitening-related sensitivity is frequently short-lived, but we will not pretend it never happens or that everyone feels it the same way. Here are the practical tools available.
A lower concentration can sometimes reduce how much your teeth react, though it is not suitable in every case.
Shortening contact time or spacing treatments further apart are other ways to ease the load on sensitive teeth.
Where suitable, the dentist may recommend a specific product for you to use along with your whitening.
In the days that follow
Most follow-through here comes down to observation. Sensitivity that fades as expected is one thing, and pain that does not ease is quite another.
Note whether a reaction is improving, staying steady, or becoming stronger, as that helps the clinic understand it when you call.
If you stopped using your trays because of discomfort, check with the clinic about when and how to begin again.
When colour eventually fades, any future whitening should take your earlier reaction into account from the start.
Pain that is sharp or that will not settle? Please call the clinic instead of filling out a form.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Sensitive-teeth assessments for Garden City residents happen in the city’s north, at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street. A map is one tap away below.
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Ask our teamIt is impossible to say without assessing the cause and severity. Temporary sensitivity is common, and intensity varies, so any plan is shaped around what your own teeth are doing.
Not always. A milder or slower protocol can be more comfortable for some patients, whereas others have a condition that should be treated before they consider whitening.
It is often short-lived, but no single timeline applies to everyone. If the feeling is sharp or stays around, contact the clinic and do not wait for it to go away.
Follow the directions you were given about pausing, and call us to describe what is happening. Adding more gel or pressing on in the hope it passes is not recommended.
They can be a factor, because exposed roots influence how a protocol is designed. Recession may also need attention of its own, which the examination will help clarify.
You would visit our clinic at Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6. Request a time through the form here or by calling (204) 338-3003, and tell us about your sensitivity.
An examination may suggest that gums or a damaged tooth deserve attention first. These pages explain a few possibilities in general terms, without assuming any of them applies to you.
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