Enamel erosion

[K1ttycat]

Hi - Last month when I went to my dentist - a new dentist in the UK after not being to one for a few years after moving overseas from US - I was pleased to have no cavities but was told there was a slight enamel erosion on my two top teeth near the gums, one and two teeth over from my front top teeth. She said a sealant could be put on them to prevent things getting worse.

I went for that today and what she actually did was numb me, filed the two teeth down a bit just at the tops by the gums, and then filled them with what I'm guessing is white filling material - they held a light to it until something beeped. I have to say it looks great, can't tell where it was done, but the tiny little pit that was there is gone and they look nice and white up there again.

She said to just eat, brush as normal but I forgot to ask whether it is still okay to use an electric toothbrush, whether I'm still okay using my Arm and Hammer Enamal Care toothpaste which I just love - wondering if the baking powder in there would hurt the new white area, if it is too rough for it - and whether it is still okay to use my Flouriguard dental rinse - I use alchohol free.

I've also just felt a tiny bump on one of the teeth and looking in the mirror with a side view of the tooth there is a little white bump sticking out perhaps a little further down from where she would have worked a long the gum line. I'm wondering if some of white stuff dripped on there or what and will it wear off by itself...I don't want to pick on it just incase it is where the real tooth and the white stuff actuall meet!

Thanks for your help.

Kitty

[Guest]

Go to the doctor.

[Guest]

I don't think it'll wear off itself nor shall any other material get too tough on the white area.

Electric toothbrush is ok.

[Daniel]

(05-12-2009 10:31 PM)K1ttycat Wrote:  Hi - Last month when I went to my dentist - a new dentist in the UK after not being to one for a few years after moving overseas from US - I was pleased to have no cavities but was told there was a slight enamel erosion on my two top teeth near the gums, one and two teeth over from my front top teeth. She said a sealant could be put on them to prevent things getting worse.

I went for that today and what she actually did was numb me, filed the two teeth down a bit just at the tops by the gums, and then filled them with what I'm guessing is white filling material - they held a light to it until something beeped. I have to say it looks great, can't tell where it was done, but the tiny little pit that was there is gone and they look nice and white up there again.

She said to just eat, brush as normal but I forgot to ask whether it is still okay to use an electric toothbrush, whether I'm still okay using my Arm and Hammer Enamal Care toothpaste which I just love - wondering if the baking powder in there would hurt the new white area, if it is too rough for it - and whether it is still okay to use my Flouriguard dental rinse - I use alchohol free.

I've also just felt a tiny bump on one of the teeth and looking in the mirror with a side view of the tooth there is a little white bump sticking out perhaps a little further down from where she would have worked a long the gum line. I'm wondering if some of white stuff dripped on there or what and will it wear off by itself...I don't want to pick on it just incase it is where the real tooth and the white stuff actuall meet!

Thanks for your help.

Kitty

baking powder?

[Jessica C]

For all those who use a juicer I recommend that you drink the juices you make through a straw. I think there are huge benefits to increasing the raw content of ones diet. The only down side I've come across is the toll it can take on your teeth. Bypass the teeth by drinking juices through a straw.

[ppyo]

Jess c, really good recommendation. : )