sensitivity in a tooth

janeainsworth may have some advice...!

I rinse with Colgate Sensitive Pro Relief a couple of times a day, and find it helps. Also take Temparin Max long lasting temporary repair on holiday with me since I lost a filling when I was miles from home and it was a bank holiday with no dental hospitals/dentists open. Have also stopped flossing my teeth as that's how I lost my filling. Good idea to get a prescription for an antibiotic as well. [sigh; going on holiday used to be SO easy when I was young...]

A coincidence - I started with a similar problem yesterday. I'm still debating whether to make an appt. with the dentist next week. I've only just finished with some treatment there. Maybe it's due to the cold weather.
As for going to India - it depends were you're going, but I should think there will be good dental help in any of the big towns.
The first time I went (younger son lives there) I had toothache all the time - took paracetamol but it spoilt my holiday. He lives a long way from civilisation. On return the tooth had to be removed.

P.S. I was set to go on holiday to somewhere that might make emergency dental work a problem so I had a word with my dentist and he wrote me a private prescription for a suitable antibiotic just incase one of my trouble spots flared up. (I'd had to take some once when a gum was very sensitive for a while). Thankfully I did not need to use them but it was reassuring to have them with me.

Must admit I'm no fan of electric brushes. I've had a lot of work done to my teeth from an early age......NHS dentists years ago were great at over doing fillings then. Both my dentist and hygienist agree that I'm doing a decent job with a manual brush and floss and those small interspace brushes as needed so I chose not to get an electric one. I alternate between a couple of different manual ones...a soft one and a firmer one as necessary. I've had really sensitive teeth for years so am a huge fan of sensodyne toothpaste which really seems to work. If I get a (thankfully rare) flare up I dab some on a soft brush and smear it over the tooth and leave it there. Also once in a while I do get an extra bit of sensitivity between two large back teeth so I nip it in the bud with salt mouth washes a couple of times a day for a day or two....always seems to work.

Cant help much other than to say my dentist recommended rubbing toothpaste for sensitive teeth around an overly sensitive tooth several times a day. It did help. . I’m sure someone with better knowledge will be along soon. Hope it settles for India. Good luck.