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I have had some cavities fill back in. Just so long as they don't get through the dentine they can repair themselves it seems. The plan they had of putting a temp in and then later a permanant filling is a good one. It was explained to me on my last BIG cavity where the old filling (10 yrs old and it was done improperly to begin with) broke off that a temp filling with medication inside it would help stop the decay and kill any bacteria. Then the body can actually heal itself and build the tooth back up preventing a root canal if it's caught in time. Well they did that for mine and no root canal.
No sensitivity even after only a week later. I too understand the sleepless nights. Amazing how one small hole in a tooth can ruin your life for a while.
I've been having lots of work done lately on my teeth. When I turned 19 I had to go to a new dentist. He was truely out for money. I've even told later dentists of what he wanted to do and they confirmed with disgust that he was one of those that were out for money and gave dentists a bad name. It totally turned me off of dentists because not only did he not do a good job on what he NEEDED to do but he wanted to do things that were totally unnecessary. Well after that I never went to a regular dentist for over 10 year. I did go to the local college for a cleaning a few times and they warned me about a number of cavities. So now I have LOTS of cavities. Well not quite so many I've gotten quite a few fixed lately. I have a couple more visits but then I should hopefully be done for a while.
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