I have a dumb question: If you take reasonably good care of your teeth and see a dentist twice a year, will your teeth probably remain mostly OK for the rest of your life? Or are bad things happening to your teeth inevitable?
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tommyrot - Jan 29, 2015 8:06:45 am PST #17547 of 30000
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flea - Jan 29, 2015 8:08:46 am PST #17548 of 30000
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I suppose it depends on how long you live, and some luck. My 82 year old stepfather, who is a retired dentist, has mostly okay teeth. My 75 year old FIL had to have some ugly gum work done, but he has okay teeth otherwise.
flea - Jan 29, 2015 8:10:39 am PST #17549 of 30000
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I am guessing that the better your teeth are at 15, the better they'll be at 45, and the better they'll be at 75. I have one crown, which I got at 38, which goes all the way back to a cavity I had as an early teen (which was filled, but was large, and eventually the tooth broke.) So some of it is cumulative.
msbelle - Jan 29, 2015 8:10:42 am PST #17550 of 30000
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Like many things a lot of the teeth stuff is genetic.
Jesse - Jan 29, 2015 8:11:03 am PST #17551 of 30000
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Yeah, I think most of teeth stuff is luck.
flea - Jan 29, 2015 8:11:44 am PST #17552 of 30000
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Well, and flossing, and not having a meth addiction, and so forth, also.
tommyrot - Jan 29, 2015 8:12:40 am PST #17553 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, I think most of teeth stuff is luck.
Or controlled by the Tooth Fairy.
Steph L. - Jan 29, 2015 8:12:58 am PST #17554 of 30000
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I had to go in for implants last week and it was the absolute worst. Ghastly. But I do really like my dentist.
My implant wasn't the worst dental experience I've had, but it wasn't awesome.
If you take reasonably good care of your teeth and see a dentist twice a year, will your teeth probably remain mostly OK for the rest of your life?
I think generally yes, assuming (like flea said) some good luck/genetics. If you're seeing the dentist twice a year, they'll let you know if anything is amiss, and if you're not an ass like me and actually follow up on it, you should be fine.
and not having a meth addiction
Okay, I at least have that going for me.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 29, 2015 8:13:34 am PST #17555 of 30000
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I think some of it is nutrition as well. My mom and uncles were a little malnourished, and my mom had most of her bad teeth stuff happen in her early 20's. When she was in her mid 60s all the crowns fell out and she just had little stubs. So she got dentures.
I don't have great teeth, but my teeth in my early 40s are all my own, unlike my mom and uncles.
Jesse - Jan 29, 2015 8:16:40 am PST #17556 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, and flossing, and not having a meth addiction, and so forth, also.
Sure, sure. And the nutrition stuff like Sophia said. But like, I've not had gum issues beyond the bleeding after ~40 years of not really flossing. I chalk that up to good luck. And my broken teeth/crown/root canal situations to bad luck!