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Originally Posted by Tobra

I am pretty much in the same spot, but mine was from a Navy dentist. They check your teeth and want to fix you up before sending you to sea. The examine, you and return later for the work. Go back and he is looking, well, there is nothing wrong with that tooth. I am ready to split, and he says lets look around some more. I say hold on a second, nothing wrong, nothing to fix. He lied and told me if I refused care then, I could never see a dentist again in the USN.

I am absolutely certain he drilled a couple of good teeth down the center so he could get some practice. Filling failed 20 years later, one side and then the other, leaving me to get a few crowns. Only time I ever had a dentist tell me I had a cavity was that guy, that day, so I am saying he was FOS.

Genetics counts for a heck of a lot.

One of my cycling friends is a top dentist in the area. She said that baby boomers that had cavities are at higher risk for crowns because the procedures in the 50-70's were far more aggressive than today.