Whitening gel sensitivity

CyberJuice

Hey guys

I recently got some whitening gel from the dentist,cost a pretty penny,wasnt cheap at all.

i got molds made of my teeth and a syringe with the gel in it.you put a little spec of gel into each tooth in the mold and leave them in over night

anyways,i tried my first night,got up the next day and after a couple of hours im in agony,like i have 12 toothaches at once..so after mayb 2 hours of the pain i filled the moulds with sendodyne toothpaste and put it into my mouth for 4 hours. 3 hours after i take the moulds out and the pains not too bad now

anyways,the dentist recomended i should when i go to bed each night for 2 weeks fill the moulds with sensodyne and leave that in my mouth over night and after 2 weeks of doing this i should start using the whitening gel again..

Im just wondering if anyone has some other tips for me here,maybe someone else has a similar experience with sensitivity and can tell me how you dealt with it,is there any other products i can yse on my teeth so the gel wont hurt me or to make the pain lesser

and also i see that there is about 4 different types of the sensodyne toothpaste,i just bought the original one, would a different type be better for what i need?

id appreciate any replies

drunkmonkey

Im of the firm opinion that any dentist that recommends sensodyne should be fired or find a new profession, its worse than crack cocaine. STOP using it asap, it'll take a little while to recover but get back to normal toothpaste.

Do a bit of googling on sensodyne problems and you'll find loads, change dentists cause the one you have is a numpty.

Oral Surgeon

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Im of the firm opinion that any dentist that recommends sensodyne should be fired or finf a new profession, its worse than crack cocaine. STOP using it asap, it'll take a little while to recover but get back to normal toothpaste.

Do a bit of googling on sensodyne problems and you'll find loads, change dentists cause the one you have is a numpty.

Did a wise drunk tell you this down the pub??

This is a mass produced agent on the market for ages with most of the same ingredients as all other toothpastes. Sure, of the countless millions of people using this on a daily basis, a tiny few may react to an ingredient or may just think that they have reacted to the toothpaste but these few stories have obviously not been significant enough to revoke the license to produce and sell sensodyne.

Therefore to say that a dentist who recommends this should be fired is a bit much don't you think??

By the way, you're obviously not sourcing very good crack cocaine if you think that toothpaste is worse:D:D

OS

drunkmonkey

Christ I hope your not a dentist.

Its not a small amount of people, its a lot of people, I went through hell with the stuff.

ballsymchugh

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Christ I hope your not a dentist.

Its not a small amount of people, its a lot of people, I went through hell with the stuff.

what? crack cocaine or sensodyne?

Oral Surgeon

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Christ I hope your not a dentist.

Its not a small amount of people, its a lot of people, I went through hell with the stuff.

There's a clue in my username....
You should inform the Irish medicines board, they will take this poison off the market so.

drunkmonkey

It took me close to a month before pain went away after sensodyne, Would have never used only a dumbo of a dentist recommended it, seriously do a bit of research before you advise anyone to use it.

comments in the last few days:

Annette
Started using Sensodyne 4 days ago. On the third day noticed large sores on right inside cheek and swollen tongue. Today I had pain in my right ear. Went to doctor. He said my ear was inflamed but could not explain why. When I got home I remembered that I just started to use Sensodyne and went on the computer for side effects (none of the effects I was having were listed on package). Thank goodness I found this site! Will not be using product again!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 22:22:43 – Like – Reply

Guest
yes-I too had great pain in my teeth and chest-stomach..has any one else?

Irene
Used sensodyne for about a year. Had mouth dryness without thirst and terrible snoring, dry nose and ears, dry cough. A month ago very sore burning mouth with swelling and teeth sticking to inside of mouth. Only now are symptoms abating after one month of not using the product. Now using only sodium bicarb to clean teeth. Minty toothpastes aggravate symptoms. Worse perhaps is year of slight depression and no motivation. This was an important year for me doing my Masters. It was desperation which made me google this item. Cannot understand why it is still on the market. What is going on? Who on Earth would have put their depression down to their toothpaste? Only when mouth (and respiratory) symptoms got so bad it pointed to the toothpaste. I am hoping it leaves no after effects.
Saturday, August 20, 2011, 13:07:34 – Like – Reply

Ryan
I have been using sensodyne for three months due to sensitive teeth. The product did work to stop my sensitive and I could eat without pain. But now 3 months later I've had terrible gum soreness and swelling. For one week it's been hard to eat, chew, and have a constant throbbing pain. I couldn't figure out what else it would be other than sensodyne. I'm going to stop using the product and I bet the pain will go away.
Friday, August 12, 2011, 00:01:20 – Like – Reply

Terry Martin
I have been using sensodyne for many years but over the last 6 months have had a lot of trouble with my teeth and gums been painful ,further My lips swelled, stuck together and blistered continually. The specialists ran tests and took a biopsy but ran out of ideas as to the cause of my problems. I tried cutting out all sorts of different foods, but to no avail. Exasperated I tried a different tooth paste and now I don't have the problem

Oral Surgeon

Show me the science.....!! It's on the market 10 years now, you must have better than a few unsubstantiated faceless reports.

I have no doubt that all toothpastes, hair gels, make-up, perfumes, moisturizers have the potential to cause allergy or irritation but because of pre-production testing and countless millions of uses these have been deemed to be within acceptable normal ranges in this case.

I know of some expensive creams that cause some to come out in spots and others are fine, should it be taken off the market?

Some people have nut allergies, should nuts be outlawed?

Penicillin????

You had a reaction to sensodyne, fine, but the vast majority do not so don't try to make out that this is a common problem and that dentist are wrong to advise it.
OS

drunkmonkey

Oral Surgeon wrote: »

Show me the science.....!! It's on the market 10 years now, you must have better than a few unsubstantiated faceless reports.

I have no doubt that all toothpastes, hair gels, make-up, perfumes, moisturizers have the potential to cause allergy or irritation but because of pre-production testing and countless millions of uses these have been deemed to be within acceptable normal ranges in this case.

I know of some expensive creams that cause some to come out in spots and others are fine, should it be taken off the market?

Some people have nut allergies, should nuts be outlawed?

Penicillin????

You had a reaction to sensodyne, fine, but the vast majority do not so don't try to make out that this is a common problem and that dentist are wrong to advise it.
OS

Ahh here now come are you Dr Nick?

This isn't a nut thread or make up thread, Somebody has a dental issue, The sonsodyne is causing the sensitivity, next step is sensodyne rapid relief, when that looses it's power where to next, it's an ever diminishing circle. OP needs to get off the sonsodyne, go back to normal toothpaste it's going to hurt for a while but the pain will gradually go away.

If your not a student you need to research your products better and offer alternative solutions.

A lot of sensodyne products have dangers associated with them and i'll bet your not telling your patients the risks involved or the adverse reactions they can have by changing to "your recommended" toothpaste and i'll also bet you never done a survey of the people who you've recommended sensodyne to.

Take even the pro enamel, there's loads more but did you even have an idea of what your prescribing http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/product/98807/Sensodyne_Pronamel_Toothpaste_%282007_formulation%29/ Do your customers a favour and fully research your products.

Oral Surgeon

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Ahh here now come are you Dr Nick?

This isn't a nut thread or make up thread, Somebody has a dental issue, The sonsodyne is causing the sensitivity, next step is sensodyne rapid relief, when that looses it's power where to next, it's an ever diminishing circle. OP needs to get off the sonsodyne, go back to normal toothpaste it's going to hurt for a while but the pain will gradually go away.

If your not a student you need to research your products better and offer alternative solutions.

A lot of sensodyne products have dangers associated with them and i'll bet your not telling your patients the risks involved or the adverse reactions they can have by changing to "your recommended" toothpaste and i'll also bet you never done a survey of the people who you've recommended sensodyne to.

Take even the pro enamel, there's loads more but did you even have an idea of what your prescribing http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/product/98807/Sensodyne_Pronamel_Toothpaste_%282007_formulation%29/ Do your customers a favour and fully research your products.

Let me get this straight- the op uses whitening gel and has sensitivity (a normal temporary side effect) and then uses sensodyne for 3 days and it gets better and you are saying that the sensodyne is causing the sensitivity and the op needs to get off the sensodyne....!!! I think you need to read a stats book, especially the causality chapter. When you hear hooves- do you think zebras by any chance??

And as part of my day, I generally don't recommend any toothpaste over another as I see patients on a referral only basis and this is usually covered by then- I can't survey what I don't do...

And I'm not Dr Nick, or a student or any other dig you can get in, my qualifications are in my user name for all to see and am one of the 41 oral surgeons registered on the Irish Dental Councils register of dental specialists. What qualifications do you have apart from the Google dental school of case reports and scaremongering.

OS

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Ah now, this thread is defaming a companies product (which is a good product) yeah you get the odd person that has a bad reaction or attributes it to a product buy we dont ban grass because of hay fever. Anyway this thread is going nowhere closed.