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cavities
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:28 pm
by tamsteve
Hello, i was wondering as your teeth move in braces do the old fillings in those teeth need to be replaced? My teeth have shifted and i can run my tongue along the back of the teeth that have fillings and i feel the fillings more and they are kind of rough.....anyone else have this problem?
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:04 pm
by jaswi
I have one real filling on the back of a canine that I could never feel before cause the tooth was so messed up.. now that its straightened out I can feel it, but its getting less noticable, like its rubbing down now or something
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:14 pm
by lionfish
I've got fillings that date back to the late 1970's and they're still intact (fingers crossed). I'm 7 months into treatment.
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:09 pm
by Attagirl2
Hi Tamsteve. I had a filling in one of my first premolars that was forming a crack and had to be replaced 18 months into braces. I don't know if it would have happened anyway. (I have a lot of old fillings and the others are fine - even one that my dentist said will need to be replaced after the braces are off.)
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:14 pm
by jcdamon3
I had one filling replaced because it chipped. I want to have another one replaced as soon as the braces are off. That tooth is either chipped or worn down or both. It doesn't really have the shape of a real molar right now. It looks like it has been sheered off.