I H8 teh Dentist.

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My poor elder son has bad teeth, soft and prone to decay. He had a crown and a spacer by kindergarten due to absesses. The visit after he had the sealants put on he had a cavity in an adult tooth; it had a flaw in it, a crack that ran down below the level of the enamel. My other son has never had a cavity. They have the same food, water, genetics and brushing habits. Luckily, the big one likes the dentist. I do have a fairly aggressive pediatric dentist; when my younger son's adult teeth on the bottom were coming in behind the baby teeth, and my son wasn't pulling the baby teeth, the dentist recomended pulling the three remaining baby teeth and shaving down two more. I said...."uh, I prefer to take a more conservative approach". Two weeks later two of the baby teeth were gone and the last one will come out this week.

I think some of it is just luck of the draw for what you get for teeth. So it is also with ham handed dentists.

Remember the old time flouride treatments? The ones they filled with pink "cherry flavored" goo, then stuck so far back in your mouth that you were gagging, then made you stand there over the sink for 10 minutes (or lifetimes)??? I think that might be the sole cause of my dental anxiety.
 
I love a good cleaning...
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I've never had a cavity *knocks on wood* I'm 24.
I think I like the dentist because I had alot of orthodontic work done when I was a kid (had braces for 5 years) so I got used to the visits and people messing with my mouth really quick and now I enjoy it.
My Dad is 57 and has never had a cavity either.
Now my husband needs some extensive work done, poor guy.
I hope our kids get my teeth genes and not his
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I like my dentist too. I have had replacement fillings, a gold crown, a porcelain crown in the front and cosmetic dentistry and have never even winced. I would say it depends on how the dentist is.
An interesting fact about myself....
I will NEVER get any wisdom teeth. They are not ever going to show because I don't have any. X rays show no wisdom teeth at all.
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That's so very neat! You're a living example of the next stage in human evolution! Just like our appendix, our wisdom teeth are also fading out, and you're one of the lucky ones who's genetics helped you reap the benefits early!~

Unfortunately I'm in the stone age... all 4 of my wisdom teeth here. My previous dentist told me that I was going to need to have all of them yanked, but i told her to back up- I dun believe in any unneccessary surgery, so unless my wisdom teeth bothered me they were gonna stay.

Here I am a year later, my top set are completely in with absolutely no problems, and my bottom set are working on it. All 4 are straight, and I have plenty of room. Take THAT mean dentist-lady!
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That's so very neat! You're a living example of the next stage in human evolution! Just like our appendix, our wisdom teeth are also fading out, and you're one of the lucky ones who's genetics helped you reap the benefits early!~

Unfortunately I'm in the stone age... all 4 of my wisdom teeth here. My previous dentist told me that I was going to need to have all of them yanked, but i told her to back up- I dun believe in any unneccessary surgery, so unless my wisdom teeth bothered me they were gonna stay.

Here I am a year later, my top set are completely in with absolutely no problems, and my bottom set are working on it. All 4 are straight, and I have plenty of room. Take THAT mean dentist-lady!
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Yes. I am happy for once that something like this happened to me.
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Now, dh on the other hand had 5 wisdom teeth. Poor guy.
I don't blame you for not having them pulled. I don't believe in unnecessary surgeries either.
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ONe thing I do not like dentist assistants....they enjoyed "snapping" the floss in my teeth and I NEVER FLOSS my teeth! Its so darn tight but you had to be very careful about running floss between my teeth such as eating corn on cob. After I get done with dental cleaning, after that flossings, my gums would bleed for two days and I was lucky to find one lady that she was a dream and took every precaution not to make my gums so bloody.

Now no insurance and my insurance state funded would not pay for my good lady and had to deal with students at a nearby college to do the job. I have not been to a dentist for five years until early this year which I had no cavities but needed clean ups.

So I didnt know about the toothpaste...makes me sudder to think of what China has put into toothpastes!
 

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