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How many fillings do you have and how old are you?

68 replies

KBear · 13/10/2006 21:48

I was talking to someone today about dental health and that my children's teeth are a big concern of mine after being drilled many times as a child myself.

I am convinced that lots of people around my age (38) have lots of fillings because of an over-zealous filling policy dentists seemed to have in the 70's and 80's. So, please humour me and tell me your age and the number of fillings you have.

It's not scientific, I'm just wondering!

Cheesy grin for you!

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GimmeeCaffeine · 29/08/2019 07:15

23 and none so far (touches wood).

F14tomcat · 15/11/2019 00:59

I have one filling as a 50 year old male.
My ex wife had 13 fillings and my girlfriend has 10 fillings.

londonjames · 28/06/2020 16:19

I'm 43 and I don't have any filling and not lost any teeth. They are strong and I've never really had a problem like tooth ache etc

Got to the dentist every few years so to be sure they are all ok

PoloNeckKnickers · 28/06/2020 16:59

53 and I have 4 fillings.

SirTobyBelch · 29/06/2020 08:33

56 - none

londonjames · 29/06/2020 08:50

Any tips toby or like me do you just think it's lucky genetics

tobee · 29/06/2020 16:45

52 - none. But 2 root canals because of trauma: hit in face as teen and bruxism Sad

tanqueray10 · 12/09/2020 06:28

Approaching 39 and have none. I have a massive sweet tooth so think it’s luck more then anything.

Miljea · 14/09/2020 21:58

I have cut to the end. I do medical imaging as a job, and it has been my experience that you can draw a line through, about 40 years old.

Everyone older than that has fillings, few under that, bar the odd occasional one or two (vair MC area, btw).

Personally, my 57 year old mouth looks like a Cornish tin mine... and both my (RIP) parents, born 1933, had falsies by 35, to 40.

Miljea · 14/09/2020 21:59

I think it's the reduction of actual sugar in food and fluoride in some water supplies, myself.

Jessica4518 · 27/03/2021 00:01

16 I’ve had about 6. parents weren’t educated or strict with me, still have all my teeth, just got fillings. they gave me a dummy when I was little and drinks of coffee with sugar in a bottle, seriously messed up my teeth! however it seems to be unnoticeable for now. I now brush three times a day and avoid sugar when I can.

Elphame · 27/03/2021 10:56

58 and 4 fillings

jennyhyde · 11/12/2023 21:01

Im 37 and have 7 fillings and 2 crowns . I had really bad dental hygiene as a kid , growing up i would eat loads of sweets and didn't brush good enough.

NeonHalo · 11/12/2023 21:25

40 and none!

Allthegoodusernamesareused · 11/12/2023 21:25

I didn't visit a dentist at all until I was 20...

I now have 8 fillings and one missing tooth.

I think those things might be linked. I'm now late 40s.

Allthegoodusernamesareused · 11/12/2023 21:27

Ahhh just noticed how old this thread is!

Picklemeyellow · 11/12/2023 22:06

I’m 50 and have 4 fillings, a horrible ugly crown and have had two molars removed.
I hate the state of my dental health.
Had perfectly normal teeth until I had my dc at 32 and 35, afterwards my teeth basically fell to pieces!
If I ever win the lottery I will spend a small fortune fixing it all.

Picklemeyellow · 11/12/2023 22:07

Ah, didn’t see it’s a zombie thread!

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