How come gum wrappers hurt my fillings?!


Question: How come gum wrappers hurt my fillings.?
Whenever I chew gum and I don't get all of the wrapper off, I feel this sharp pain that runs through my tooth into my jaw. What causes this.?Health Question & Answer


Answers:
Is the gum wrapper metallic.? Sometimes the metal combined with the electrolytes in your saliva can create a galvanic current (electron flow) that passes through the filling and into the nerve of the tooth. Chewing on aluminium foil would have the same effect.Health Question & Answer

the metal in the wrapperHealth Question & Answer

maybe you shouldn't chew gum. then maybe you wouldn't get cavities.Health Question & Answer



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