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What Make Teeth Hurt – Bruce Matthews (p.9)

What Make Teeth Hurt – Bruce Matthews (p.9)

For people with sensitive teeth biting into a chocolate bar can cause intense pain. But why do our teeth become sensitive and how can the chocolate on the surface of the tooth stimulate pain fibres which end deep within the dentine of the tooth? Bruce Matthews explains the function of dentine tubules.

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