How many fillings do you have?

How many fillings do people here have, and do you have white composites or do you also still have the shiny amalgams? Or maybe also the shiny expensive gold versions.

I have all molars filled myself, and also a few front teeth, I used to have all amalgams in my molars, except 1 all is not replaced for composite.

I would love to hear from others.

All of my teeth front and back have had to have the drill and most if not all have been drilled more than once. I didn’t go to the dentist for over four years one time because I always got cavities and it hurt terribly when the doctor had to get out the drill.

I've currently have no fillings! I visit the hygienist 5 times a year and dentist 3 times a year which probably helps. At my last checkup my dentist said to focus more on my upper left wisdom tooth which is partially erupted. Perhaps this is forming a little cavity? I have a little sensitivity between my upper premolars when I floss so I worry there might be some interproximal decay starting there. I probably need to clean interdentaly more often really...

As a teenager I had a mouth full of amalgam, but over time various fillings were replaced by composite, so that only a few teeth still have amalgam fillings.

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@Mebmbb oh dear your teeth must have been heavy decayed. Do you like drilling in real live or only in storys or online play?

@Mebmbb I would definitely love to hear about your experience could I send you a pm?

I have three. I have both kinds of fillings.

I don’t have any, but I do like to dream of what it’s like to get some.

I have two composites in my lower molars. They were first done when I was a child and replaced few years ago.

I have one composite filling in a molar.

I was raised by parents who taught us the importance of dental hygeine, brush multiple times a day, not too much sugar etc. I have always valued my teeth.

I remember when I was 9, I went to the dentist for a check up and clean, and they told me there was decay on an adult molar and they would have to fill it. I was so sad, I felt like I had done something wrong - like sneaking one too many lollies or something. I remember on the car ride home my dad asked me "What's up Sammy?" and I told him my feelings about having a filling and started to cry. He told me it was ok, some decay is normal.

I continue to visit the dentist regularly, brush my teeth, etc. Surprised I haven't developed a bigger dental fetish if I am completely honest...

I have none, would like to keep it like that for a while.

Dentists aren’t my favourite hobby. 😄

I have 14 fillings currently. All 12 molars are filled plus 2 upper pre-molars.

In about a week and a half I'm losing a filling and gaining a crown. I'll be getting crown prep done on my lower right 3rd molar on the 13th. Tooth will be getting an all ceramic crown as that's what my dentist likes to work with.

I have three composite fillings in my lower molars. Last one was done about 15 years ago.

All my teeth had numerous fillings. Bad genes in the family because my siblings also have bad teeth despite constant brushing, flossing, water picking, and regular cleanings and checkups.

Right now, I have two teeth that have several fillings each.

One by one, after my molars filled up with fillings, they all received pretty crowns without any fillings.

But then, one by one, the molars needed root canals and thus a new crown on each one.

Then, one by one, the molars failed completely and had to be extracted and a bone graft put in, followed by an implant, followed by another crown with an abutment on each implant.

So every molar's life, each had at least three crowns and a handful had four total crowns.

The front teeth had lots of fillings and then root canals and then implants with crowns.

And I had a three-crown bridge with two implants and also a six-crown bridge with three implants.

Every crown was $1,000 to now $1,500.

Every root canal was $1,000 to $1,200. At one point, I stopped the root-canal step and went straight to the implant with crown to skip paying for the root canal with a crown for $2,200, only to have it extracted and discarded a few years later.

Every extraction plus bone graft plus implant was $3,000.

Total cost over about 40 years for all of the above is about $179,000 with a dental benefit covering about $47,000, leaving us paying $132,000 out-of-pocket, or about $3,300 per year.

Right now, I'm waiting for an implant to heal so the dentist can charge me $1,500 to put on a crown on the $3,00i0 implant.

Now I will wait for my two front teeth to fail and follow the fate of my other teeth.