Today a patient said “I had many of my teeth worked on and completed in my 20’s and 30’s and now in my 60’s some of it has to be redone. I thought once it was all done, it was done! It’s frustrating.”
Well, I agree with the frustration but let’s look at it another way. These restorations (fillings and crowns) have worked well for 30 to 40 years.
Think of the ways and how often you use your teeth and the abuse we sometimes put them through. They have been exposed to hot, cold, erosive and hard foods, and high pressure.
How many items exposed to this of kind use would not need refurbishing in 30 or 40 years?
Natural teeth are meant to be used but they do wear and break, and so do man-made dental restorations.
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