looks like i've got to stop visiting the dentist for scale and polish

[mediocre toker]

I was in the dentist the other day just for my six monthly check-up and she decided to give me a scale and polish. I hate this. The noise the grinding the pain ( i have pretty sensitive teeth due to age related gum shrinkage exposing the nerve endings). Anyway. I went ahead and got it done as i always do. Better for you in the long run. right? So I've paid my bill and I'm going up the road with a pretty sore set of gnashers vaping on my Tesla and new protank. The throbbing intensified.
Later on that day I had to go to work (a non-vaping environment) and the tooth-ache had died back thankfully but when i was on my tea break and went to vape........Oh my God........the tooth-ache was back. All of the left side of my mouth upper and lower. This went on every time i tried to vape (still wasn't painful enough to prevent me from vaping though) and is still going on 2 days later. It must be the nicotine directly contacting the nerve endings in my teeth that used to be protected by tartar. Nicotine being a stimulant being absorbed into my body through my teeth. Yowlch.
So I'm left with two choices stop vaping nic. (er...no!) or stop getting the grinding scraping good for my teeth scale and polish at the dentist done.
NO BRAINER.
Look at the title of the thread to find what i did next!
Anyone else experience this?
ETA: In hindsight, i will keep visiting the dentist for scale and polish if necessary i suppose

 

[MrGimp]

Yup it's the Nicotine. It also thins the blood which is why they say no smoking before or after oral surgery / dental work

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[InTheClouds]

I broke a molar pretty much in half 2 days ago. Oral surgeon will not pull it until I have been on antibiotics for 5 days. Yes, I can guarantee you there is exposed nerve. Nic does not seem to aggravate the pain, but hot and cold sure as %^&* do. I only use 3mg nic, could be it would be painful at a higher strength, but I don't plan on checking

 

[Rickajho]

Are you sure it isn't just the draw of the air (vape) across the sensitive area? What happens if you suck in just air - no vape - as you would do with your vaping style?

 

[mediocre toker]

Are you sure it isn't just the draw of the air (vape) across the sensitive area? What happens if you suck in just air - no vape - as you would do with your vaping style?

Yeah. I know what you mean. The same though occurred to me so i tried some of the wife's no nic. vape last night after the toothache had died back again. Had no problems with vaping that and vaped it all last night. No toothache at all vaping that. This morning i needed my nic. fix and vaped my normal 16mg mix and the dull ache returned. The toothache currently has died right back (it's been an hour since i vaped something) so i'll vape just now.................................first. My wife's no nic.

 

[mediocre toker]

no problems with the no nic. vape...............................................now i'll go over to my 16mg mix

 

[Rickajho]

Sensodyne? (That's all I can think of...)

 

[mediocre toker]

Down to a dull ache this morning, so getting a lot better than it was last night. But still there in the background.Definitely down to the nic IMO. At least it's getting better

 

[mediocre toker]

Sensodyne? (That's all I can think of...)

Yeah. I use the rapid relief version and it definitely works. Yesterday i brushed my teeth with it like 5 or 6 times. Also took some Co-codamol last night so that i could get some sleep which worked a treat.

 

[XeniaMike]

My dentist uses this 'ultrasonic' descaler on me rather than manually grinding or scraping anything. It seems to be a lot less painful and I'm getting the same results. It just uses high pressure water. My dentist commented that the staining on my teeth is a lot better since I've been vaping.

 

[mediocre toker]

Unfortunately i have the staining that comes with being British. My 30 plus years of smoking have accentuated this to a light brown/yellow. I've tried to get rid of the staining many times with dental bleaching products but have only had limited success. I've gotten so used to the staining on my teeth now that i rarely give a huge smile and people think I'm such a miserable Bas7ard. I'm pretty happy inside though and have the personality to overcome this. However vaping has given me a better overall health outlook and I have noticed that the heaviness in my chest and the wheezing when climbing stairs etc. has improved 100%. So all's good. (except for the toothache of course). But even that is slowly starting to subside.(i wish my smile could be like this)

 

[Robino1]

Unfortunately i have the staining that comes with being British. My 30 plus years of smoking have accentuated this to a light brown/yellow. I've tried to get rid of the staining many times with dental bleaching products but have only had limited success. I've gotten so used to the staining on my teeth now that i rarely give a huge smile and people think I'm such a miserable Bas7ard. I'm pretty happy inside though and have the personality to overcome this. However vaping has given me a better overall health outlook and I have noticed that the heaviness in my chest and the wheezing when climbing stairs etc. has improved 100%. So all's good. (except for the toothache of course). But even that is slowly starting to subside.(i wish my smile could be like this)

Hi MT!!!

Those whitening products really make your teeth More sensitive! We love ya as you are anyway....yellow teeth and all.
Ask your dentist about caps...... But they're not really caps...um damn I hate getting older...can't think of the name of those things. They are something that get adhered to your teeth. I'm going to try to look it up and post it.

HA finally came to me. Veneers!! Woot! Not as brain dead as I thought!

 

[WhiteHighlights]

Another bit of help for sensitive teeth - use a mouthwash that is high in flouride. My dentist gave me a whitening kit when I was in getting a broken molar crowned on my birthday (ugh). He warned that the whitening may cause sensitivity and recommended the flouride mouthwash along with a sensodyne type toothpaste.

 

[gingersnaps]

I'd recommend using a sensitive toothpaste for about a week before and after a cleaning. I have very sensitive teeth and it helps me. I've heard you should not use sensitive toothpastes for too long because it will make you dependent so i use it off n on whenever I'm having trouble. Using for a week before and after whitening also helps: if I don't it hurts so bad i get a headache.


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[MrGimp]

Hi MT!!!

Those whitening products really make your teeth More sensitive! We love ya as you are anyway....yellow teeth and all.
Ask your dentist about caps...... But they're not really caps...um damn I hate getting older...can't think of the name of those things. They are something that get adhered to your teeth. I'm going to try to look it up and post it.

HA finally came to me. Veneers!! Woot! Not as brain dead as I thought!

yup they are venneers, yopu can also ask about sealing your teeth. dentists do not like doing though

 

[mediocre toker]

I could always change dentists. This is my forth dentist in 2 years due to them leaving the practice. Two of them have been really rough and that's coming from somebody with a high pain threshold. It's a typical NHS problem. The dentists working for them have no incentive for customer care and just move on to the next practice willy-nilly. I've had one good dentist and he was always chatty and had a good bedside manner. Cant be just coincidence that i never had these sort of toothaches when he scaled and polished my teeth! Still say that the nicotine is making the pain worse though. Never should have had pain in the first place but the nic. is just accentuating it
Thanx robin BTW. I think you are great

 

[MJTP]

Anything done to teeth beyond a dentist scraping the plaque and stuff off your teeth with a simple ice-pick looking tool (non-electronic) is a big no-no. I had over $20,000 of damage done to my teeth by a dentist who did drilling and "adjusting" on perfectly healthy teeth. I now go to a dentist who doesn't even have a computer in his office, and barely uses electronic equipment (he's an extremely traditionalist guy) and my teeth are healthier than they've ever been. His knowledge of teeth, gum health, and muscular-facial relation was also light-years beyond any dentist I had seen, his knowledge was straight from the medical textbooks I have an education in, where most dentists I've seen, with their fancy computer-run drilling tools and Ipads sitting on the waiting table instead of magazines, have no real clue about teeth, and say the most unbelieveably absurd things ever. One dentist told me I had 6 cavities. Another said 4. My current dentist (where my aunt also works!) says that I have none except a slightly exposed filling that they're keeping an eye on.

Go to a dentist who listens to your problems and does nothing that isn't needed. It takes searching, and recommendations from friends who have had tough dental cases are the best.