My wife is 43, no cavities. When she moved to this area, almost 20 years ago, she needed to find a dentist close to public transportation and I referred her to a dentist where I was taking residents of the program for kids I was working at. They liked him. He said she had several cavities and needed fillings. She got another opinion and that dentist said no need for any fillings. Since then I’ve had several local dentists agree that the first guy is very well known for doing unnecessary work.
I immediately found a new dentist for the children in my care.
I’ve often thought that the same people who disconnect a spark plug wire and take a car to multiple mechanics to see how honest/competent they are could do the same thing with someone who has no need for any dental work, bring them to multiple dentists and see what is recommended.
I’m 20 and have never had a cavity. I have one wisdom tooth that grew in on the upper right side, but it never hurt, never bothered me at all except for the brief time when it was breaking through the gum. I don’t know where my other wisdom teeth are - I figure they’ll either show up eventually, or I just don’t have any. I haven’t been to the dentist in a little over a year, though, and I probably won’t go while I’m at school unless I need to. Though we DO have dental coverage and a dentist on campus. I doubt I’ll ever look into it, though.
I’m twenty-two and have never had any teeth problem yet either. In fact, I have never been to a dentist. Also, I was a bad kid - I never brushed. I still probably don’t brush as much as you are supposed to and I only floss a few times a year. It must be genetics because I eat a lot of stuff that is bad for teeth.
I am hoping beyond all hope that I don’t get any wisdom teeth in - I just can’t get wisdom teeth. By now I have built up a great fear of the dentists (does that make me an anti-dentite?) and I would be terrified if I ever had to go in. I haven’t even been to a doctor in over 11 years except for a standard highschool vaccination years ago.
28 years old and never had one. I did break a tooth skate boarding once and had to have a root canal, but never a cavity.
My sister is 30 and had one in a baby tooth, but that was the only one. Naturally, being a baby tooth, it fell out and was replaced with a healthy new tooth, so does that count as never having one?
I made it until 18, then I moved to an area in Maryland where they don’t flourinate the water. I got three cavities in one semester.
I haven’t had any since then. I brush three times a day and floss twice. Plus I always rinse with Listerine and chew gum after meals to loosen the food remnants.
Okay, so I’m not a cavity virgin, but I would have been one had I never moved to Frostburg.
Not a single cavity. I am something of a chocolate addict, and I don’t always take as good care of my teeth as I probally should. The same applies to my sister. It must be just good genes.
26, no cavities, wore braces for six months when I was in 3rd grade, no retainer, and my wisdom teeth grew in straight. I brush my teeth once a day, in the morning. I never floss, I don’t use mouth wash, and I visit the dentist, on average, every six years. Yes, years. Last time I went, the dentist was actually pissed that my teeth were in such good condition. “You have no right to have such good teeth, considering the way you take care of them.” were his exact words. On the downside, my teeth are a permanent dingy yellow, even if I’ve just had them cleaned. Something to do with them being unusally hard. I’m not complaining.
I’ll be 24 Wednesday, and no cavities…at least, that I know of…professional dental care has never been a high priority in my lifelong tight budget. I used to be able to get my teeth cleaned and x-rayed free in college in exchange for being a dental hygiene student’s guinea pig, but I graduated last year.
The only major dental work I ever had done was to have my wisdom teeth and two molars they were screwing up pulled. And I had that done by an intern my dad knew…it was that or pay to have it done, which would have meant no college for me the next semester.
My dad was a dentist, so I could have gotten free fillings if I needed them. His opinion on this topic is that genetics plays the biggest role in how many cavities a person might get. Just like tall parents often have tall children, those with soft tooth enamel will have children with soft enamel too.
Me personally: brush about twice a day, never floss, and go to the hygenist about every other year.
21, no cavities. My parents have mouths full of fillings, but they also grew up in rural areas drining well water (so no fluoride for them). I’m descended from long lines of dairy farmers, so I drink lots-o-milk.
When I was about 7, I had sealant put on my teeth. The last time I went to the dentist, he said it was still there. He said “We only expected it to last 5 years or so, but we have lots of people your age coming in with it still on their teeth.”
That isn’t so bad. I mean I have about 16-17 cavities in my teeth. I also had 4 teeth extracted and there was 3 cavities in them.(And they were DEEP cavities) Oh, I had a root canal a few months ago:D
