Denver Dentist Ice-cream Headaches

Denver Dentist Ice Cream headaches (what a pain!)

Denver Dentists Dr. James DeLapp and Dr. H. Candace DeLapp like others have wondered why we occasionally get headaches (brain freeze) when we eat ice cream or a very cold drink. The number of terms used to describe this phenomena is vast and includes Brain Freeze to name a few.

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Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia (Brain freeze)

The above name is a mouth full but is means nerve pain of the phenopalatine ganglion. It has been described a a form of brief cranial pain associated with fast cold beverages or food (ice-cream e.g.). It symptoms is a brief headache that goes away as the area warms and gets used to the cold.

The British Medical Journal reported the effect as when cold touches the top palate in the mouth. The blood vessels constrict due to the cold and this nerve causes the brain too pen blood vessels. This vasodilation makes the fluid back up in the tissues and will not drain for a short period of time typically one minute or less. This causes a swelling the the forehead which causes the pain.

Treatment of brain freeze....what to do!

Wait it will go away in a minute or so or it has been reported that taking rapid short breaths may help.

Denver Dentists Dr. James DeLapp and Dr. H. Candace DeLapp provide dental services to their patients in Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Castle Pines, Parker, Greenwood Village, and Ken Caryl areas of Denver. They can be reached at (303) 694-9740.

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Denver Dental Implants Nobel Procera

In March of 2009 Nobel Biocare announced that Procers Zirconia comes in an assortment of four colors. Our Denver Implant dentist believe this allow us to better match the color of your surrounding teeth. Our office serves the Highlands Ranch, Castle Pines, Centennial, Parker, Douglas County, Greenwood Village and the Lone Tree Colorado area

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What is unique about this product is that the coping have different shades. The coping is the base upon which the crown is fabricated. Picking a coping that is a similar shade to the final crown color makes for a more predictable color match. Nobel Biocare states that the coloring technique has more consistent color throughout the coping (framework) and at the same time is very strong. Having worked with zirconia we know this to be true.

Currently Nobel Biocare is one of the leaders in the dental implant field. They offer a variety of dental implant solutions ranging from cemented or screw retained implants and products for natural teeth.

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