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A little bit sceptic of new dentist

  • 10-05-2012 3:12pm
    #1
    HavingCrack
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    Hi everyone,

    I'm a little bit suspicious of my new dentist and I'll outline why. I went for a teeth clean and general check up a few days ago (first time in 2 years, bad I know) and the dentist found 2 cavities which needed to be filled. They're my 1st ever so I was a little disappointed but whatever, I went in the following day and got them filled. Anyway, suddenly another two cavities were 'discovered' that need filling. I'm a bit uneasy that I'm being taken for a fool. Would it be common to miss two cavities on an examination one day and suddenly 'discover' them the next or should I get a 2nd opinion?


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  • #2
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,622 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    I am not a dentist.

    In only two years you have developed four cavities which require filling, sounds dodgy to me. Can you describe the type of examination which 'found' these cavities, did they take an x-ray?

    It might be relevant (for the benefit of the qualifed among us) to give your approximate age and whether these were replacing old fillings or were brand new cavities. Did you have any inkling by way of pain or increased sensitivity (to hold and cold drinks) that you might have had a cavity or two that needed looking at?


  • #3
    HavingCrack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,847 ✭✭✭HavingCrack


    The first two were found by a 'manual' (is that the right word?) examination of my teeth while the latter two were discovered by an x-ray.

    Early twenties, brand new cavities (never had a filling in my life), no increased sensitivity that I've noticed.


  • #4
    georgieporgy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,927 ✭✭✭georgieporgy


    very often a person can have many small carious lesions. early stage cavities, often looking very much like staining, where the dentist is unsure whether to fix them or leave them. Sounds like your dentist did 2 that looked the worst and then based on those, has decided to do a couple more.
    Ask your dentist to explain why. He can probably show you the cavities if he has a camera.


  • #5
    The Guvnor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭The Guvnor


    I had some fillings recently and an extraction.

    As a result of a tooth falling apart I went in.

    The extraction was obvious as was 1 filling. 1 other filling was detectable due to some discolouring etc. but the other two he would not have seen if not for the xrays (3) which he did as a result of the tooth falling apart over a salad.

    1 or 2 were where fillings were already and two were new and the one that fell apart was a 'good' tooth.

    I think doing the xray showed your new dentist some decay that would otherwise have gone unnoticed and IMO that is a good thing and worthwhile to get it attended to sooner rather than later.


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