Are cavities a scam? I went to the dentist 5 years ago and he detected 5 cavities I never went back and to this nothing has happened
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Are cavities a scam?
Are cavities a scam? I went to the dentist 5 years ago and he detected 5 cavities I never went back and to this nothing has happened
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Is that blackness a cavity? Because I have that in most of my rear teeth, and my teeth are pretty strong. One time I hit one of my 2 front teeth with a 45 plate and chipped it a super small amount.
>Is that blackness a cavity?
Yes. Get it fixed or enjoy your stank breath and rotting teeth.
Sometimes it's what's known as a stain. In which case, the dentist can clean it out or you can use over the counter products to remove it.
I hadn't gone to a dentist in years since I always had good teeth as a child and teen, never had fillings or anything.
I noticed a few of those black dots on my teeth last year and went to the dentist a few months ago and she did full xrays and everything.
She was like "your teeth are perfect, keep doing whatever your doing"
Apparently they're just stains.
I was nervous because I had a year or two where I was doing stupid shit like coming home from the pub after a rake of pints and just going straight to sleep with cleaning my teeth.
Based, ~~* dentists *~~ are just failed doctors scamming you out of $
Dentists drill holes in people's teeths if they're having a slow week.
very true!
Idk, but I had cavities all the time when I was a kid and it pissed me off so much that as soon as I turned 18 and left my parents house I never went back for 10 years. Then I went back a few years ago and they said my teeth were perfectly fine lol.
get a second opinion from another dentist, or even a third one. go to a different city for each. some dentists will try to scam you, others not so much. if all else fails, get insurance pre-authorization.
Where do you redditors find all these scumbag Boogeymen doctors and dentists? I can't even get the time of day from my dentist until the insurance pre-auth comes back. I think I've paid a total of $200 over the last decade at the dentist including surgery and I have pretty mediocre dental insurance.
I assume they try and find the cheapest possible doctors they can find
this, I have a good dentist, I was just trying to give advice for anons who have had ones.
cavities can develop slowly and your teeth have a good amount of enamel for them to work through. once it's through though, enjoy your root canal
>once it's through though, enjoy your root canal
Ones of these days I'm gonna have to face that. I haven't been to a dentist in over 20 years... Figure at this point I'll just wait until shits really fricked then go to Costa Rica and get implants lol.
Had it happen to me recently. Had a cavity that got so painful I couldn't ignore it. Went to the dentist and they pulled the tooth out. Whole thing took 45 minutes and only cost $250 with no insurance.
Root canals are pretty peaceful actually. The pain before that is pretty brutal tho. But the procedure? That numbing is the first sense of peace you get in days, potentially weeks. I've had two, and honestly wouldn't mind getting all my teeth root canaled. I'm thinking of marrying a dentist just to get that done.
>I'm thinking of marrying a dentist just to get that done.
This is the point where I figured you just have some sort of dental work fetish
my old dentist was a based family friend and would wait for my cavities to actually start hurting before doing anything. often they would take care of themselves. i moved cities and sadly had to find a new dentist who wanted to fill in 8 "decay" 2 cavities and 2 root canals. i ended up doing it all because i did need one of the root canals, and it was my last year on my dad's insurance so it was only like 200 dollars out of pocket for everything, but man i need to find a new elderly man if i ever have a toothache again.
>wait for my cavities to actually start hurting before doing anything
with the obscene israelitery of dentistry nonwithstanding, ever considered this was a moronic approach and what lead to your latter problems?
as i said, often they would take care of themselves. your teeth can remineralize. those 8 cases of "decay" are something my old dentist would never have bothered with. i had more dental interventions in my one appointment with the new dentist than i had my entire life with my old one, with only a one year gap between visits. well its been a few years since and i havent gone back to either but also i dont guzzle soda anymore so that probably has more to do with that then the dental work.
Very likely
No, the issue is that every single filling you put in will eventually crack and require a new filling, which requires drilling a bigger hole. It's israeli accounting at its worst. Actual studies have found a "wait and see" approach to be better.
If a dentists says you have any cavities that need drilling:
1. See another dentist, ideally an expensive one that's NOT spamming you with bullshit postcards for a "new customer free checkup" horseshit because that's what the worst dentists do
2. If that dentist says you're fine, do nothing
3. Stick with that dentist until they say something
4. Rinse and repeat
I keep seeing my high end dentist for 4 years and they continue to say everything is fine, besides some portion of a filling that had come exposed that they touched up. They charge like $300 for a checkup, but since they're honest and don't make up work they need to get paid somehow.
>No, the issue is that every single filling you put in will eventually crack and require a new filling, which requires drilling a bigger hole.
This is good to know. Thanks anon.
dentistry in general is a scam
orthodontics is based, though, but still beware
>dentistry is a scam
Black person WHAT? I fricking love the dentist. Wait until you need a root canal and your exposed nerve is infected; what are you gonna do, just suck it up?
>exposed nerve
Had this 3 years ago. To this day I didn't go to the dentist lol. Just held some garlic on it for 30 mins once and that's it.
Only 3 years? I had this 1000 years ago and I had to walk 400 miles on broken glass to get raw reaper chillies, ferment the chillies into a paste, rub the paste on my gums, in my eyes, and my anus, and then walk 400 miles back home across hot coals
>orthodontics is based, though
>you WILL wear the contraption that violently pulls your teeth and damages your gums
>you WILL have your wisdom teeth removed after the "complications" of the contraption destroying the natural arrangement of your teeth causing the wisdom teeth to now overlap when they otherwise wouldnt have
i had some gum recession and the pain was very miserable.
Hope you're doing better bud.
on the topic of gum recession
A few months ago I started using a heavy duty toothpaste and mouthwash. I brushed my gums with the same amount of force as my teeth and it caused my gums to start to recede. I switched over to a much more sensitive toothpaste and mouthwash, my gums stopped receding but haven't gone back to where they were before. I'm doing better now but frick I wish I thought more before i did that
gums never regrow
I know that, just glad I got them to stop receding
I don't have any pain or sensitivity now
as long as they don't recede anymore I should be fine
I have it too. Had very poor dental hygiene growing up. I do better now but I have pocketing on my bottom front teeth and a little bit on one of my top fronts. Sucks man
Was recently at the dentist, had a real bad toothache don’t worry you’ll go some day
Feels damn good that I have never once had a cavity in my entire life.
Get a second opinion. Some doctors are absolutely fricking gonna take you for a ride.
Had the same shit happen to me. Went to another dentist, only 1 cavity. Weird huh.
Happened to me too. I went to the dentist when I was a teen and he told me I had a bunch of cavities and it's been like 20 years and nothing has happened.
Kinda.
Dentists are notorious for making shit up so they can keep their money machine printing. Sometimes when they say "cavity" all they mean is pitting, which is harmless. My friend is a dentist of ten years and told me there is so much cavity filling happening that is completely unnecessary. It's unbelievable.
I've had a dentist tell me I needed caps for 2 of my teeth over 5 years ago. One eventually became painful and had to be pulled, the other is fine even though I can sort of feel the hole with my tongue.
no, I got an abscess in a tooth I neglected and it hurt like shit. 0/10, will never neglect dental care again.
my dentist told me i need to get all 4 wisdom teeth removed like 3 years ago. my bottom right one is facing towards my molar, and he told me it would push on my teeth and shift it.
fast forward now, and my teeth haven't shifted at all. no pain or shifting.
Same story as other anons here. My dentist from like 10 years ago told me I had a cavity in virtually every fricking tooth, and drafted me up this huge "treatment plan" costing thousands of dollars. I was stressing out for a while but decided to just wait and see. To this day none of those supposed cavities have caused me any problems.
Does the dentist have a new Mercedes in the parking lot? Then he/she is trying to pay their car note. Dentists will scam the frick out of you. If your teeth seemed fine and suddenly they are saying you need thousands of dollars worth of work, go to another dentist.
Actual dentalgay here.
Lolling @ all the broscience ITT, no wonder morons show up on a Sunday with tooth pain begging me to help them.
toothpaste, sunblock, and fricking body wash threads bring out the genuine schizos who come here
Wait until the cavity gets big enough that one day the crown of your tooth crunches in and you've got a gaping hole in which more debris and bacteria can get stuck in.
But who the frick cares, do whatever you want. No one cares what happens to you.
They CAN be a scam, and if you don't trust your dentist then get a second opinion. Cavities are fricking real and they fricking suck if you have them and don't deal with them.
Stop acting like an american and go fix your teeth. My sister was moronic enough to not fix her molars and she has this habit that she presses and grinds her teeth. She had a bad cavity in one of her molars and her tooth fricking exploded. She had to get an implant and the stupid b***h is paying now like 600 euros because she didnt want to pay 25 to get her teeth fixed. Women are fricking stupid.
>totally happened goyim
>didn't happun librull
i didn't go to the dentist for like 10 years. went recently cuz i thought i better get my shit checked out by a professional to give me peace of mind. they did like 4 sets of x-rays and there was nothing wrong cuz i floss and brush every day. came out to like $600 canadian monopoly moneys, but with insurance i paid $50 or something. worth it, but problably not going back for another 10 years
>americavities
there's a type of toothpastes that literally makes stains only dentists can remove. you cannot trust them.
Post teeth
It depends on how progressed the cavities are, very small ones can resolve on their own or remain static.
>Step 1: Brush, Floss, Mouthwash every morning
>Step 2: Don't eat sugar all day (anything with <10g per serving) because you are not a fat child
>Step 3: Brush, Floss, Mouthwash before bed
There you go bros, never go to scam dentists again. Never have to hold your moth open for hours and look like an idiot.
>Source: man with perfect teeth
>Mouthwash
moronic goy lmao
just a reminder that teeth health is like 90% genetic
because of dentists and liquefied food, humanity has breed a whole generation of people with bad teeth who won't starve and continue getting kids
definitely true
but again not if your teeth are genetically fricked
I had phases during my teen years where I brushed my teeth like every 5 days once
never had a cavity, just some weird color which the dentists polished away
my roommate during college on the other hand, brushed / flossed / mouthwashed 2-3x / day religiously and had to go to the dentist every few month
we ate / drank almost the say too
It's good to have a consistent cleaning routine, but don't use alcohol-based mouthwash. It kills all the germs indiscriminately in your mouth, which can lead to overgrowth of bad bacteria. Your mouth, like every part of your body, is an ecosystem of microorganisms that needs to be in the proper balance for optimal health. Same reason it's bad to use general antibiotics too frequently; it'll frick up your microbiome.
>ITT
Anons that convince each other that they don't need dental care.
>swallow fluoride all day
>still get rotting teeth
dog bless the you ass of ayy
Last went to a dentist 30 years ago. They wanted to pull out healthy teeth and put a brace on as I “didn’t have enough room”. Teeth are fine and look fine.
People who go to the dentist end up with fricked teeth, as dentists frick around, prod, poke and scrape.
Brush your teeth as soon as you get up, stay away from sugary drinks, stay away from sweets and the like and stay away from the dentist unless you have pain that won’t go away or an infection.
Post teeth
Just take K2 MK7 with enough D3 and calcium and your teeth will be all gucci. Dentists are business, they want to make money, not heal. Even pimple poppers are more doctors than dentists.
>dentists took my wisdom teeth as a kid
and I just let them...
getting a second opinion is a good idea but you really want to get them taken care of sooner rather than later, it'll be easier and cheaper
brush twice and floss once a day and you shouldn't have anymore teeth issues
yes. dentists scammed my parents and me when i was young and gave me 24 fillings by the time i was 18, ruining my teeth and smile
they never taught me or my parents about flossing etc.
one day I will go have full teeth overhull but yes it's scam 🙁
The dental israelite should answer for his crimes.
i got 2 or 3 of picrel things on the upper side
what do
Gum recession and caries of the root surface, which is much thinner and could much more quickly turn to root infection. You should see a dentist.
Yeah, I had a few cavities and after I spent a couple grand to get them filled they hurt worse than before and they're telling me that they messed up the fillings so I need to pay for a root canal or they'll keep hurting. Definitely not going back. They will frick you up so they can sell you a "solution"
>never drank fluoride water
>never flossed
>don't even brush in the morning, just mouthwash
30, perfect teeth, going to the dentist once a year, they never complained about anything at all
"Dental hygiene" is a scam. Hunter-gatherers didn't brush their teeth nor should you.
I haven't brush my teeth for two years and I have no problems, all you do is get rid of beneficial mouth bacteria.
They didn't eat sugar and generally are harder foods than we did. If you want to live like them you have to eat like them
>I haven't brush my teeth for two years and I have no problems, all you do is get rid of beneficial mouth bacteria
1. you still need to take care of your gums
2. if your mouth microbiome is shit and cariogenic your advice is useless. it's the just BEE yourself of dental advice.
t. 5+ years non-brusher who's also free of caries. got a checkup this year. I started brushing to keep them from going brown. probably will frick up my perfect caveman flora but oh well. I'll take my chances.
If they're small and you clean well it can take years before they get seriuos so depends; if the dentist is honest you can ask if you can just check them regularly until they must be treated or it's better to do it immediately.
Acknowledging the dentistry profession is a scam isn't the same as saying never brush your teeth. But if you trust your dentist without question, you will end up getting unnecessary and irreversible fillings and other treatments so they can pad their paychecks. Don't be an idiot, but don't be a sucker either. Literally just brush twice a day every day. Do not use alcohol-based mouthwash. Flossing is optional but might be necessary if you already have a receding gumline that collects food debris. The more perfect your teeth are, the less you have to do to maintain them. Also you nlecyed to mention modern goyslop diets, which are a huge factor here. Look into Weston Price.
woah, a whole life not paying the israelite until you're almost dead, sounds like a good idea, thanks
>dont drink soda pop/cola or similar goyslop
>clean your teeth every time wake up and before going to sleep
And youll be fine
Bro it's not like I never brushed or flossed. 10 years without going to the dentist and I still brushed and glossed every day and had no cavities or issues at all and they said that's what kept me from having problems. Your dad being a moron is irrelevant to me and I had more issues when I went to the dentist and they would poke and prod my teeth/gums with metal every 6 months. I think that is the real issue, now they even use those tools that shoot water out instead and refuse to use older style fillings. Dentists are just throwing shit at the wall and hoping it sticks and works and a lot of them would rather have regular patients than people with no dental issues.
my dad got septic shock wrom cavity and was rushed to ER even though he brushes 2 times daily and doesn't eat goylop he often complains about tooth problems. it's mostly genetic
Yes. I've had cavities for over 10 years and you learn to eat around them. I haven't been bothered by them at all. In fact, I regularly poke around them to trigger the pain, that way I get used to it