A delicious bite of ice cream can suddenly turn into a jolt of pain if you have sensitive teeth. That’s because the human body is engineered to feel any pain fast. In fact, the entire process from nerve stimulation to actual sensation takes just milliseconds.
To understand how we experience sensation, check out how the brain registers pain by the numbers.
That’s all it takes for your brain to register the twinge of pain you may feel from a bite of ice cream.
About 14x faster than a standard camera shutter speed.
Almost 150x faster than a single flap of a hummingbird’s wings.
Up to 350x faster than the blink of an eye.
Interestingly, not all pain sensations travel at the same speed.
Sharper pains travel much faster due to the specialized nerves that are responsible for transmitting them to the brain.
Dull pains are transmitted at a slower rate due to the different sets of nerves that are involved.
Knowing how fast these sensations are felt—particularly pain—it’s important to find tooth sensitivity relief that works quickly. That’s why Sensodyne Rapid Relief toothpaste is engineered for speed, helping you beat sensitivity pain fast. It uses a unique formulation with stannous fluoride to quickly create a protective barrier over the sensitive areas of your teeth. So you can get proven pain relief in just 3 days.*
