How many fillings have you got?

Bartronilic

Don't move this to dental care or wherever this is not a dental problem!

Just found out I need 5 fillings, most of my friends seem to have 8 by this stage. Am I lucky that I just need 5? And don't need root canal? Terrified to eat anything right now :eek:

Wossack

0!

but going to the dentist today (weird), for the first time in ~2 years, so watch this space lol

Kimbot

I didn't look after my teeth for a while and about 4 years ago went to the dentist. I had to get 13 fillings!

connundrum

0, but thats cos I have no teeth and have no desire to have them either.

Dord

about 12 or so. Damn those Big Time bars!!

pwd

I've none. But then I have no teeth.
I am six months old.

TPD

I have about 4, and was told by the orthodontist a couple of years ago that I'd need about 6 more. Didnt go back to the dentist after that :P

pwd

damn you connundrum

plonk

12, 10 of which I had to get replaced this summer

monkeyfudge

connundrum wrote:

0, but thats cos I have no teeth and have no desire to have them either.

Makes blow jobs a lot more pleasurable for your partner of choice, yes?

Rudolph Claus

How have ye got so many?
Ive 5 and am 23.

Include your ages in the posts so we can get some perspective. Some dentists must do fillings for the craic.

biko

6-7 i think

Karl Hungus

None. Infact I've had nothing done dental wise in my 25 years, apart from a regular cleaning.

Terry

Christ, that's a lot of fillings.

I'm 31 and have 4 or 5, most of which I got when I was 13 or 14 and the other one was last week (too much coke).

Although, my teeth look worse than they are because of the broken one at the front, which I can't afford to have repaired. (donations on a postcard, please).

connundrum

pwd wrote:

damn you connundrum

Zing

monkeyfudge wrote:

Makes blow jobs a lot more pleasurable for your partner of choice, yes?

Apparently its lovely if I rub toothpaste on my gums beforehand. So I hear. Word

seamus

None. But the last time I was at a dentist was probably five years ago. And that was an orthodontist.

How do you know you need fillings if your teeth are fine?

watna

I have about 5, I got them all in my early teens. I'm 23 now and haven't had any in a good few years. I went to the dentist last year after I hsdn't been for 5 years and I was shítting myself but I didn't need any work done. it was a miracle!

Kimbot

seamus wrote:

How do you know you need fillings if your teeth are fine?

I went into the dentist about my wisdom teeth and she told me I needed 13 fillings. I don't think I did as I was with a dentist 12 months previous and he said all was fine but I got it done as it cost me nothing!

ejmaztec

It's about time they started selling DIY dental-repair kits in Woodies, or wherever. I'm sure that, given the right easy-to-read manual, we could do a better job than Mr Bean.
Fillings? Even my fillings have got fillings!

Ruu_Old

2, sugar was my weakness as a wee chap.

shrapnel222

Terry wrote:

Christ, that's a lot of fillings.

I'm 31 and have 4 or 5, most of which I got when I was 13 or 14 and the other one was last week (too much coke).

next time just snort it, don't eat it!!!:p

Voodu Child

0

The government uses them to track you :mad:

Maple

6, i think.

damn i hate the dentist. that whiny drill gives me the shivers.

GhostInTheRuins

0!

dylbert

Went to the dentist last year for the first time in about 15 years, to my surprise I only needed 2 fillings.

cjt156

I'm 36 & I've got 3 - we didn't have sugar when I was a lad. Sweetest thing we had back then were turnips, I attribute my decay to my all-consuming teenage turnip addiction.


Sponsored by Turnips-Anonymous www.beat-your-turnip-craving.com

Zzippy

I'm 32 and I've got about 12 - half of which I don't think I needed, reckon the dentist was scamming the PRSI.

Question: is it possible to have those ugly black amalgam fillings replaced with white fillings? I'd be able to open my mouth properly in company then

Wossack

back from my appointment, still 0

phew...

I'm almost 22 and I have no fillings.

fullstop

2, got them both last year

ciano1

no fillings or pulled teeth

Maple

Galwayguy99 wrote:

I'm 32 and I've got about 12 - half of which I don't think I needed, reckon the dentist was scamming the PRSI.

Question: is it possible to have those ugly black amalgam fillings replaced with white fillings? I'd be able to open my mouth properly in company then

Yes it is, i've gotten that done and feel so much better for having done it.

Caco

ejmaztec wrote:

It's about time they started selling DIY dental-repair kits in Woodies, or wherever. I'm sure that, given the right easy-to-read manual, we could do a better job than Mr Bean.
Fillings? Even my fillings have got fillings!

I was in one of those pound shops on Moore St once and saw what was described on the packaging as a "Hobby kit"... not a "dentist kit" or any sort of description relating to dentistry!
It contained one of the long pointy dealys for scraping/poking/maiming and one of those little mirrors for lookin at the backs of your teeth! I took a photo of it but cant remember where it is!

Staying on topic... I think I've 2. Got them both when I was in Primary School and I'm 21 now but I haven't had an appointment in bout 3 years.

curiousxxx1

Bartronilic wrote:

Don't move this to dental care or wherever this is not a dental problem!

Just found out I need 5 fillings, most of my friends seem to have 8 by this stage. Am I lucky that I just need 5? And don't need root canal? Terrified to eat anything right now :eek:

I had 4 fillings in the space of 7 days. Paid €325 for them and then €45 for first visit and i also need a root canal €650. :mad:
So bloody expensive!!!
And i am only 22, i don't like sweets or chocolate either. A tongue piercing caused 2 of the 4.

Mrs. MacGyver

7 as ive really bad enamel since i was a child (was sick a lot and had loads of antibiotics)

Aisling(",)

ive no fillings or anything but i mi front tooth isnt real...god damn paddys day!!

the-furbo

I have none...and i dont even brush my teeth!!Joke I do twice a day and floss too...sparkle sparkle

Holsten

Two or three, probably need more but I aint going near that drill again.

Caliden

1. Never needed to get braces either

byte

None...

yet.

tuxy

4 of the mercury fillings.
I really hate the idea of mercury in my mouth, not good :mad:

Aerials

I got 7. I will be getting more :P

jawlie

My teeth are only in situ as a testament to dental science. Root canals, fillings, porcelain veneers, white fillings, caps, mercury fillings.... I could be a model for that dental school at the lincoln gate of TCD.

Evidently there is no excuse for extractions, although I had one (only) of those aged 13.

Novacaine. Dontchaloveit!

MooseJam

none, and I'm not fat either

Anto McC

2 but i need a few more.

bronte

None..I'm 23 and starting to dread if i ever have to get one
Are they very painful??

Terry

bronte wrote:

None..I'm 23 and starting to dread if i ever have to get one
Are they very painful??

Picture passing something the size of a turkey through your vagina and you'll be close to the amount of pain involved.

TheMilkyPirate

bronte wrote:

None..I'm 23 and starting to dread if i ever have to get one
Are they very painful??

No, The sorest part of a filling is the needle to numb your mouth. There uncomfortable with the big scary drill but there not sore.. And choking on your own spit every two minutes gets annoying aswell.

bronte

Lol! I suppose I could cope with that! uncomfortable is okay, but agony is not!

thanks Terry

pretty-in-pink

4 mercury,

off to dentist on Friday. Terrified, hate needles, but broke tooth, so need it fixed. Dunno what he'll do, hope is not to expensive though

bronte

Eep!...would you believe ...I once chipped a tooth on an onion ring of all things!

Luckily it's not that noticable