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I had a similar experience -- went to a new dentist, they found two "cavities", tried to hard-sell me into getting them filled right then. I declined, never we
by mwigdahl 2y ago
I had a similar experience -- went to a new dentist, they found two "cavities", tried to hard-sell me into getting them filled right then. I declined, never went back to that practice, and 10 years later my teeth are perfectly fine.
#notalldentists, of course, but there are certainly unscrupulous ones out there, and not just a few.
- pests 2y agoI had a rougher life in my 20s. I once went to a dentist and they told me they want to pull 13 of my teeth and give me dentures. I knew they were in bad shape but this absolutely freightened me. Four of them were my wisdom teeth but I still thought it was nuts. 15 years later, I still have all of the 13 they wanted to pull. I did lose two unrelated molars and the matching wisdom teeth basically slid into place replacing them. Then two root canals + crowns. That experience turned me off dentists for a long time. My current dentist is great. They do all they can do save a tooth and only extract as a last resort.
- missjuliekay 2y agoThis is fascinating!! So the molars are a back up replacement system?
- pests 2y agoThat was apparently their purpose back when we lost teeth more regularly - it's only with modern dentistry that they become a problem for being "extra" It was not an intentional replacement or anything the dentist did. I had my back molars pulled and then a few years later while trying to start flossing again I noticed they were back and basically in the same position. I doubted myself for a moment if my memory was failing. Just such a slow long process.