# TEN cavities?  You have GOT to be kidding!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-cavities-you-have-got-to-be-kidding/31283>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 30, 2000, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-cavities-you-have-got-to-be-kidding/31283 "2000-08-30T01:55:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-cavities-you-have-got-to-be-kidding/31283/41 "2000-09-02T05:10:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Sangria \*  
> \*\*You say you had the cavities “sealed”.  
> What does that mean?
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> My dentist said my fillings “leak”, which made no sense, but then he never did tell me and I’ve wondered ever since.
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> Do you think “sealing” would cure “leaking”? \*\*

As far as I know, “leaking” means that the filling has seperated from part of the tooth leaving a small gap. This allows food, bacteria, and the such to get in under said filling. This is a guess, but my dentist says this very such thing may be happening to me, seeing as how my teeth have been aching latley, wil no paticular cause to be found.

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**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-cavities-you-have-got-to-be-kidding/31283/42 "2000-09-02T15:03:48Z")

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hmmm… fillings leak, seal, and hurt, sounds like something I don’t wanna have done to me at all…  
but my braces (the brackets)of my braces sometimes do that, and they tell me If I don’t stop eating my fav’ foods (beef jerky and the like) I will get cavities…  
remember, this is the same person that love to torture me with pulling teeth outta my head slowly…

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**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-cavities-you-have-got-to-be-kidding/31283/43 "2000-09-02T15:56:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Sangria \*  
> \*\*You say you had the cavities “sealed”.  
> What does that mean?
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Actually, they’re going to seal the teeth that don’t have cavities. It’s to prevent any more cavities, the new thing, I guess.

My little (20 years younger) sister is having this done as her permanent teeth come in. She says that it tastes horrible for a day or so, but doesn’t hurt.

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**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-cavities-you-have-got-to-be-kidding/31283/44 "2000-09-03T22:01:53Z")

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so I take it no one else has any… “oral tales of woe”? hehe

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