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Tooth sensitivity

TOOTH SENSITIVITY  Have your ever felt a cold breeze in your tooth ? Have you ever come across the word "tooth sensitivity". Do you know what actually it is? Do you ever wonder how a bone like hard substance can ever be sensitive.? Can you tell me what causes the tooth to be sensitive.?  Let's move ahead and talk about it.  What is tooth sensitivity?  It is a painful sensation of tooth in response to the stimuli such as cold, hot, sweet or acidic food or drinks.  In general words, whenever you feel discomfort in your tooth when you eat something too hot, too cold, too acidic or a sweet food.        So, if you ever feel a electric current like sensation in your tooth or teeth that means you have sensitive teeth.    It may be temporary or a permanent, acute (short term) or chronic (long term) , affect one single tooth or multiple tooth in an individual,  and may range from mild to severe in intensity.  What are the causes of tooth sensitivity?