The reasons why teeth are afraid of cold are caries, periodontitis, pulpitis and dentin sensitivity.
1. Dental caries: mostly due to bacterial infection, the hard tissue of the tooth body suffered damage, the formation of dental caries, failure to timely treatment to deep caries, drinking cold water and eating cooler food, transient pain, the need to fill the teeth in a timely manner.
2. Periodontitis: periodontitis gum recession root exposure, exposed tooth roots are sensitive to hot and cold, especially cold stimulation will produce a feeling of pain, the need for timely treatment of periodontitis, dental maintenance.
3. Pulpitis: stimulated by dental caries, trauma or other physical and chemical factors, resulting in pulpitis, hot and cold produce severe pain, accompanied by spontaneous pain, night pain, the teeth are afraid of the cold, you need to go to the root canal treatment in a timely manner.
4. Dentin sensitivity: dentin sensitivity is also a common cause of teeth afraid of cold, including wedge-shaped defects, enamel peeling and periodontal tissue atrophy caused by dentin exposure will lead to teeth afraid of various stimuli. Filling restorations and desensitization treatments are needed.
Teeth afraid of cold, you need to promptly seek medical attention, under the guidance of the doctor for examination and treatment, to avoid delaying the condition .