advid said on 22 August 2012
...during childhood as soon as you begin to lose your milk teeth and 'big' teeth start to emerge mum takes you to the dentist for a six monthly or perhaps an annual check up....
Within a couple of years the dentist states : 'I'm afraid little Johnny needs a couple of small fillings'... None the wiser - good old Mum agrees and you then begin the never ending trail of every few years - more fillings required or even drilling out old fillings and re-filling...Still none the wiser - you just have to go along with his 'expert knowledge'..
How do I/'we know that a filling is needed ?
Over these many years the filled teeth beging to crumble - can't be filled any more and extraction is the only other step to take...
I'm now aged 65 and I've got gaps where teeth used to be - but either side of these teeth are perfectly good 65 year old 'virgin teeth' - never been filled that are as good as the day they first emerged...
Is this just a long term dental rip off carried out by all (most) dentists in order to give them a very good income through the years...If I (or mum) had never agreed to these fillings in the first place I'm sure my teeth would have been in a far better state than they are today - thanks to my many regular visits over 50 years to dentists...
