how many cavities do you have?

Question: I am 25 years old and I have had 3 cavities in m,y lifetime, one root canal and 1 crown. I think that is alot, but the dentise said that is real good and not alot at all. I was wondering what you people thought and if some of you my age have more or less?

Answers:
No, that is not alot. I work at a dentist office and I see little kids with up to10 cavities per visit.

You can ask 100 people this question and the answers will vary. I have seen 10 year olds with a mouth full of cavities and 50 year olds with not one single cavity.

It all depends on your genes, the health of your gums, how much floride you get, how much calcium you get, how much suger you eat, how much acidy food gets in your mouth(like lemons).

And it depends on how well you brush, how often you brush and how well you floss.

by the way, I am 25 and have 1 cavity that I got when I was in my early teens and I had two molers in the back removed because I accidently bit a small rock that broke my molers, so I have nothing back there. I could not afford an implant.

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I am 32 and i have never had a cavatie. I assume I just have good teeth because I don't think I take great care of my teeth.

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