I'd not been to the dentist in nearly 30 years... yep you read that right, when I walked out with 3 fillings that to this day my mother an I felt were completely unnecessary, added to the fact I had a deep down loathing of anything remotely medical. Fast forward 30 years and about 3 months ago I broke a tooth...grrrrr this meant the inevitable trip to the dentist, Mrs pplpilot had to make the appointment as I wouldn't, I'll be honest I didn't sleep for days, and the morning of the appointment I drove past the place twice, yea I know pathetic... anyway, went in, dentist had a quick look around put a temporary dressing on and a light clean in one or 2 places, job done. When I told her it'd been 30 year she point blank refused to believe me. I just did the usual electric brush x2 a day and floss, and the fact I have very little sugar in my diet probably helped,
anyway back to fillings, I had the 30 year old ones removed and replaced with white ones and the dressed broken tooth repaired. Her comment to me was white wont last as long as amalgam but she believes the white are better for you.
I don't know why I made such a fuss...