Cavities?

[Dentist32]

I have a mouth full of fillings unfortunately... I'm 49

How many fillings did you collect over the years.

How old with how many fillings are you?

 

[ClockworkCourtesan]

Lots, ever since I was 4 or 5. And my teeth are still slowly rotting from the inside out. Apparently it was my fault, and not the terrible genetics, and I always got in trouble going to the dentist. I hated going, not from the dental work, but the abuse from the parents. So much trauma that I havent gone in quite some time. At the current rate I figure in the next couple years I won't have any teeth left on my lower jaw, and I have like 4 or 5 that needed to be pulled 2 years ago.

 

[Noor]

I have tons of fillings, I’m in my 60s.
I have great dental hygiene and always have.
However, I’m also a mcas/eds patient and my dental stuff is common with us. Someday I’m hoping dentists will be able to catch patients like me and refer for diagnosis before it gets too bad.
I have no new cavities since I was diagnosed and began treatment 10 yrs ago.

 

[Dentist32]

Lots, ever since I was 4 or 5. And my teeth are still slowly rotting from the inside out. Apparently it was my fault, and not the terrible genetics, and I always got in trouble going to the dentist. I hated going, not from the dental work, but the abuse from the parents. So much trauma that I havent gone in quite some time. At the current rate I figure in the next couple years I won't have any teeth left on my lower jaw, and I have like 4 or 5 that needed to be pulled 2 years ago.

I'm so sorry to hear that.... I used to be terrified at the dentist too, but I turned it for the better and it became a bit of a fetish now *blushes*. Thank you for your reply....

 

[Dentist32]

I have tons of fillings, I’m in my 60s.
I have great dental hygiene and always have.
However, I’m also a mcas/eds patient and my dental stuff is common with us. Someday I’m hoping dentists will be able to catch patients like me and refer for diagnosis before it gets too bad.
I have no new cavities since I was diagnosed and began treatment 10 yrs ago.

I'm so sorry to hear that. I know that chronic diseases van be bad for teeth, I have Crohn's disease myself. That is also destroying my teeth. I'm happy to hear it's going better now. Sweet hugs.

 

[Escierto]

Lots, ever since I was 4 or 5. And my teeth are still slowly rotting from the inside out. Apparently it was my fault, and not the terrible genetics, and I always got in trouble going to the dentist. I hated going, not from the dental work, but the abuse from the parents. So much trauma that I havent gone in quite some time. At the current rate I figure in the next couple years I won't have any teeth left on my lower jaw, and I have like 4 or 5 that needed to be pulled 2 years ago.

I had not been to the dentist in at least ten years probably longer. Finally excruciating pain in a tooth and the fear that I could die of the infection made me go a couple of weeks ago. He said, yeah it was infected and took care of it. The best part - no lectures of any kind - just treatment. I love this guy!

 

[Britva415]

Not counting four molars which were congenitally under-enameled:

I have only had one filling due to a garden-variety cavity.

Those other four teeth, though... hoo boy.

They started with fillings to paper over the under-enameled parts.

Then they needed build-ups - bigger fillings.

Then the teeth all cracked, so the fillings were replaced with crowns.

Two of them had to be re-crowned at some point.

Two of them ultimately had to be root-canalled and re-crowned again.

One of them broke apart below the jawbone and had to be extracted surgically, which left a massive hole, 5x as big as the entire tooth in my jawbone.

That hole got new bone grafted into it, and six months later after the bone healed, an implant was installed to replace the tooth.

That's dozens of different procedures with ever-escalating levels of invasiveness.

But only one cavity ever needed a filling! Age: mid 50's.

 

[butters]

I was a Brit in England till 8 years ago. I am now 66. I have had 2 fillings back in the day as a teenager and finally those teeth both cracked and gave up the ghost in my 50's. No other fillings. Do I believe in flouride in the water? You damn well bet I do.

 

[Escierto]

Not counting four molars which were congenitally under-enameled:

I have only had one filling due to a garden-variety cavity.

Those other four teeth, though... hoo boy.

They started with fillings to paper over the under-enameled parts.

Then they needed build-ups - bigger fillings.

Then the teeth all cracked, so the fillings were replaced with crowns.

Two of them had to be re-crowned at some point.

Two of them ultimately had to be root-canalled and re-crowned again.

One of them broke apart below the jawbone and had to be extracted surgically, which left a massive hole5x. as big as the entire tooth in my jawbone.

That got new bone grafted into it, and six months later after the bone healed, an implant was installed to replace the tooth.

That's dozens of different procedures with ever-escalating levels of invasiveness.

But only one cavity ever needed a filling! Age: mid 50's.

That is quite a dental history. Not that we are jealous!

 

[Dentist32]

I had not been to the dentist in at least ten years probably longer. Finally excruciating pain in a tooth and the fear that I could die of the infection made me go a couple of weeks ago. He said, yeah it was infected and took care of it. The best part - no lectures of any kind - just treatment. I love this guy!

Why didn't you visit a dentist for so long? Was it out of fears or financial reasons?

 

[Dentist32]

Not counting four molars which were congenitally under-enameled:

I have only had one filling due to a garden-variety cavity.

Those other four teeth, though... hoo boy.

They started with fillings to paper over the under-enameled parts.

Then they needed build-ups - bigger fillings.

Then the teeth all cracked, so the fillings were replaced with crowns.

Two of them had to be re-crowned at some point.

Two of them ultimately had to be root-canalled and re-crowned again.

One of them broke apart below the jawbone and had to be extracted surgically, which left a massive hole, 5x as big as the entire tooth in my jawbone.

That hole got new bone grafted into it, and six months later after the bone healed, an implant was installed to replace the tooth.

That's dozens of different procedures with ever-escalating levels of invasiveness.

But only one cavity ever needed a filling! Age: mid 50's.

Thank you for your reply, not too much dentalworks needed at age in your 50's well done. Are you in general nervous for the dentist?

 

[Dentist32]

I was a Brit in England till 8 years ago. I am now 66. I have had 2 fillings back in the day as a teenager and finally those teeth both cracked and gave up the ghost in my 50's. No other fillings. Do I believe in flouride in the water? You damn well bet I do.

Wow I can believe you thank fluoride in the water. Not a lot of dentalworks at that age, respect for that.

 

[Escierto]

Why didn't you visit a dentist for so long? Was it out of fears or financial reasons?

Fears.

 

[Britva415]

Thank you for your reply, not too much dentalworks needed at age in your 50's well done. Are you in general nervous for the dentist?

I've had so much done and been through so much that -

it's like, yes, because I know how goddamn bad it can get, but also no, because I know I can endure it.

The oral surgery for the sub-jawbone broken-tooth-roots excavation/extraction and the subsequent jawbone-drilling for installing the implant were awful. Those two left me with a feeling of being raped in the face. I hate to compare it to a penetrative sexual assault, because I don't want to minimize or trivialize that, but the way it was intrusive, invasive, fearsome, violent, how I felt trapped and powerless to say "no, stop," I have no other words for it.

So, yeah, it's kind of like, I hope I'm done with shit like that and don't ever have to walk in to something which seems like it could be that unpleasant and agency-robbing again. But at the same time I electively will if I have to. I'll ask for some goddamn Valiums though.

 

[lifeis2short2b]

I was thinking something totally different when I saw this thread

 

[Shaglus_Ziegler]

I have a mouth full of fillings unfortunately... I'm 49

How many fillings did you collect over the years.

How old with how many fillings are you?

I had them removed. They were unnecessary in the first place and toxic. I haven’t been to a dentist or doctor in years. Crooked professions!