I have small cavities and I need advice?!
Question: I have small cavities and I need advice?
Answers:
Hi there, firstly well done for having such good oral hygiene, keep up the good brushing! Now everyone is a bit weary of the dentist and no one loves it, I never see patients coming through my door singing and dancing "Im getting a filling today Woopee" so you are normal. I am a dental nurse and even I am not a fan of the dental chair. Mine is pink lol. Anyway your small cavities may only need a small fissure sealing which is a scrape and maybe a drill then a paste goes on top of the surface to seal it and protect it from further decay. The medium one may need a drill and a scrape and maybe a proper filling but as you are 11 ask for a white composite filling and not a silver amalgam one as these are nicer and your decay wont be that bad that it needs a silver one. You must trust your dentist and talk to him/her. If you feel more comfortable talking to the dental nurse then ask her stuff. My little boy is 7 and has check ups but has never had a filling yet thank goodness, my girl is 13 and she just got a filling last month, she was also nervous and needed a jag and do you know what she said to me , she didn't even know he had jagged her, it was pain free, the filling was white and she was happy when she left. I work in an Oral Surgery Clinic and take teeth out all day only but when I worked in a normal dentist we used to do fillings on kids teeth all the time, some kids were as young as 5 or as old as 79. Braveness grows with you and as you get older you will adjust to the dentist. Take care and good luck x
I am a dental nurse in the UK