BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????

Subject: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Little Hawk
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 12:37 PM

This is an odd thing. I ate a nice fresh Granny Smith apple yesterday, and right away all my teeth started to ache. Not the kind of sharp deep ache like a real toothache, which comes from inside, but a more superficial aching all over the outside of them. They continued feeling that way for the rest of the evening, and they still feel slightly uncomfortable today.

Why would I get such a reaction from eating one apple? I've eaten thousands of apples in the past however many years, and usually I don't get such a reaction. I can only assume it was very acidic, and the acid reacted with my teeth somehow, but why would it?

Anyone else experienced this?

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: MaineDog
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 12:42 PM

Yes! I believe that I am sensitive to something, perhaps insecticide or preservative, on the apple skin. I don't have a problem when I eat skinned slices of apples, or any kind of cooked apples, only when I bite into a whole apple.
MD

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 12:49 PM

You could take your teeth out before eating one. How you go about it after you remove your choppers isn't my problem. Heck, I just suggest solutions.

Seriously, I'd suspect either abnormal malic acid content and/or something on the skin.

Did you wash it before eating? You really should you know, even the so-called "organic" ones.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Little Hawk
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 12:51 PM

Hmmm. Perhaps. This was supposedly an "organic" apple, therefore without pesticides or anything like that. Could Zehrs be lying (gasp!). I shall try peeling the next apple, eat it, and see what happens.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Alba
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 12:52 PM

"Prevention: It is best to avoid causes of dentinal hypersensitivity. Acidic food and drinks can damage tooth enamel. From most acidic to least, some of the foods and drinks to use cautiously include ginger ale, limes/lemons and their juices, wine, cranberry sauce, coffee, vinegar, pickles, cola and citrus-based drinks, apples, rhubarb, raspberries, root beer, relish, strawberries, fruit jams/jellies, peaches, sauerkraut, blueberries, pineapples/pineapple juice, cherries and grapes. It is especially important not to brush right after ingesting these foods, because they strip away the tooth's protective layer, and you will be brushing naked enamel, which is more prone to damage."

Above is from a google search. I have very senstivie teeth too.
Mangos are not mentioned LH so your good to go and maybe you have been saying Hillary too much!! Perhaps a changing your word for a while may help!
I use Tea Tree Toothpaste. It helps a lot.
Jude

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Alba
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 12:52 PM

I also have very sensitive Teeth too! lol

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Little Hawk
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 12:53 PM

"You could try taking your teeth out"

Yeah, right. Thanks for nothing, Rap! ;-) I think you are approaching the problem the wrong way around on this one.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Amos
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 01:19 PM

maybe you have been saying Hillary too much...

I think this causes rot in a different organ altogether...


A

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Little Hawk
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 01:22 PM

(muttering under breath) "Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillar-"

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: pdq
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 02:19 PM

Did the apple come straight from the refrigerator? This may be a problem of temperature-sensitive teeth.

Try putting the apple on the kitchen counter for an hour ahead of time.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 02:21 PM

You could contact Shane and he could direct you to places where you can get your teeth removed just for walking in.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: bobad
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 02:27 PM

It could be a case of root sensitivy caused by receeding gums which in turn is caused by ageing. There is no cure for ageing but there are tooth pastes which contain potassium nitrate which is supposed to block the conducting tubules which are exposed on the root. Get a professional opinion from jimmyt.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: number 6
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 04:06 PM

Maybe you get a set of new dentures LH ... ones that don't press so hard into your gums.

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Little Hawk
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 05:06 PM

I love this place. So much compassion. So much understanding. ;-)

Rapaire, I know about those places, and I don't walk into them.

Bobad - Yeah, I use that toothpaste sometimes. It helps.

pdq - No, it was at room temperature.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 05:07 PM

There wasn't, by any chance, a woman and a snake around while you were eating that apple?

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: GUEST,Satan
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 05:12 PM

Ah-HAH! (fiendish laughter)

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: jimmyt
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 05:38 PM

Little Hawk:

1) perhaps it was actually the 13 ball from a billiards table and not an apple at all.

2) if not that, I suggest the MOST likely possibility is that you have some sinus congestion and this pressure and pH change created a pain that was in all your upper teeth but was actually a sinus pain mimicing a tooth one. Most people would say ALL their teeth when in actuality it was only all the upper ones, (most closely related to the sinuses) If this is the case, try it again in a few days and I suppose you will have returned to your Pome fruit valhalla. If not, take 2 aspirin with a glass of Reisling, and call me in the morning.   jimmyt (compassionate conservative and lover of all things Canadian.)

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Little Hawk
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 05:44 PM

No, the lower teeth were definitely hurting as well. Very noticeably.

I am going to experiment now, peel the remaining apple, eat it and see what happens.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: jimmyt
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 07:10 PM

well then I would go with the billiard ball idea then

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Cluin
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 07:12 PM

That's what you get for sinking your teeth into Granny Smith.

Take it easy next time.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Janie
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 07:17 PM

Well, LH? We're waiting....

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Peace
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 07:47 PM

Sympathy is in the dictionary somewhere between shit and syphilis.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: GUEST,hurry up LH
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 07:49 PM

That's sure one big apple you're experimenting on. You have folk from varying continents awaiting your apple testing. Think I'll have a Pink Lady in the meantime.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 07:54 PM

Hate to be the one to tell you this, Little Hawk, but you've obviously been exposed to the dreaded Granola Virus. There's been a recent outbreak in Bumfuckistan, Canada's primary source of Granny Smith apples. Tooth pain is merely the initial symptom. It will be followed in a couple of days by.... Well, you're probably better off not knowing what happens in the second stage. Just be sure to have plenty of ice cubes handy. Packing it in ice greatly increases the likelihood that the doctor can sew it back on successfully.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Peace
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 08:09 PM

Don't worry. Fall off in two week.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: GUEST,hurry up LH
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 08:34 PM

MMMmmm the last we heard of LH he was about to pick up a sharp knife???? Now I'm worried.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Peace
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 08:37 PM

He's gonna peel the billiard ball. If his typing gets funny it's likely because he's trying to do it with the keys all covered in blood.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: GUEST,hurry up LH
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 08:57 PM

phew that's ok then.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Deckman
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 09:06 PM

STOP




    EATING




          APPLES! (DECKMAN)

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Little Hawk
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 12:14 AM

Oh, for heaven's sake...

All right, hang on there. I am going to peel and eat the apple. Stay tuned. If I'm not back in 10 minutes, the experiment can be assumed to have had fatal consequences.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Little Hawk
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 12:33 AM

Well, well. Very interesting. A peeled apple does not make my teeth sore. Evidently these "Organic" apples from Zehrs have something on the outer skin that irritates my teeth. I wonder just what that something is? They are kind of waxy feeling, so I assume that they have been waxed to keep them fresh longer.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: GUEST,hurry up LH
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 10:20 AM

Glad you're back ; but the bad news is I think you have eaten a candle.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Peace
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 10:23 AM

Flick of my Bic?

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Peace
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 10:26 AM

Serious question, LH: Do pineapples make your teeth feel the same? If so, start peeling them first, too.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: bobad
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 10:27 AM

"Apples are coated with shellac and carnauba wax to improve their shine because consumers prefer to buy shiny apples.

This seems dumb, but it's true!

These coatings are not harmful, but you should always rinse your apples with soap and water or with vinegar before you eat them."

From http://www.geocities.com/perfectapple/apple_wax.html

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: *daylia*
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 10:42 AM

I don't like Granny Smiths myself. Too hard and sour. One bite, and this is what they do to me.

Granny Smiths make great apple juice, but for eating raw delicious, royal gala, macs are much better imo. I find apples easier on my dentition if I slice them first. Then I dip the slices in peanut butter for added nutrition. But I do leave the peel on -- it's the most nutritious part of the apple I've heard.    (I wash 'em carefully, of course).

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: number 6
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 11:26 AM

I'm sure these will cure your malady L.H.

L.H.'s oral cure all

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: frogprince
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 11:39 AM

I had a nice pink lady last night.
Now I think I'll eat an apple...

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Peace
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 01:00 PM

The convenient thing about dentures is that ya can brush your teeth and eat at the same time.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Alba
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 01:04 PM

LOL Peace...good one..
Jude

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 01:11 PM

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!! I have oral surgery and two implants scheduled for next week!

Thank God I've asked for general anesth...anesthee...ether stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: GUEST,Janine
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 02:38 PM

There's a lot of good ideas there, Little Hawke. Sounds like acid from the very sour apple biting into the exposed roots, caused by gum recession. An ageing process which can occur at any age! And can be made worse by using your tooth brush as a saw. You have to keep on using the densitising tooth pastes: it goes away all right but then returns. How can you eat dreadful things like Granny Smiths! Try Royal Galas or Golden Delicious.
Good luck!
Janine

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Little Hawk
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 02:44 PM

I regard "delicious" apples as insipidly oversweet, bland, unnatural, and lifeless. They are the kind of apple that Walt Disney or Howdy Doody would have invented, had they had the ability. McIntoshes, though, I like.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Auggie
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 03:14 PM

Any problems with acid reflux? Left untreated over a long enough time, the acids which come back up (reflux) into the mouth can slowly eat away enamel and also make any exposed roots overly sensitive, especially to things that have a high acidic content.

Or....any problems with bruxing? Even a few minutes of grinding your teeth while sleeping can also result in increased sensitivity for some time afterwards.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Peace
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 03:18 PM

"Even a few minutes of grinding your teeth while sleeping can also result in increased sensitivity for some time afterwards."

Especially if you have sand in your mouth.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Little Hawk
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 03:33 PM

I used to grind my teeth a lot when I was younger, but I don't think I have been doing so more recently. No, no problems with acid reflux whatsoever.

Peace, Chongo says you need new shoes. He says that the pair you wear now are a total disgrace.

Subject: RE: BS: An apple makes my teeth hurt????
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 05:11 PM

I've seen his shoes and Chongo's wrong! Why does he think that there's something wrong with black & white saddle shoes worn with spats?