To dentists only: how often do you find a person with full teeth and no cavity at 58 year of age?
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Not too often, You and I were in mid to late grade school when most communities started fluoridation. With younger people, it's a lot more common. I can remember kids in the neighborhood with brown "Swiss cheese" teeth. They taught my dad how to make dentures for 5 year olds who lost all their teeth to decay. When I was in dental school, they didn't - said it's to rare.
With your parents, most of them assumed they'd need dentures - it was part of life. No one understood gum disease. Now dentures means something failed.
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Very often.
It's those years after 58 eatin' donuts that are a big killer.
Canaries aren't usually a problem in Australia where I live, but those pesky woodpeckers sure are.
once in my 12 year practice
I am from India.i finished my graduation last year so i just have one year of practice and one year of internship experience.i think i never saw person of 58 with no cavities.i mean all teeth were present in one or two patients but attrition was there sensitivity was problem so RCT was treatment ..it is very rare case.
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