A-Dub 🥝
had my first (tiny) cavity filled by my dentist just now. am lucky it was delayed this long - almost half a century without any isn't bad! even better, i like her explanations and bedside manner 🙏🏻
Jul 17, 2024 at 5:35pmWeb
Show threadradhikaJul 17, 2024
@adub commendations on behalf of my 19 fillings, 4 impacted wisdom teeth, 3 root canals, and 1 extracted tooth. 😬
Show threadrandom_regretJul 17, 2024
@radhikalism @adub ah, the secret 4th sort of capital: dental capital
Show threadA-Dub 🥝Jul 17, 2024
@radhikalism @random_regret pure luck that my middle class parents fed us fluoride tablets as kids which built strong enamel
Show threadA-Dub 🥝Jul 17, 2024
@random_regret also pure luck that crossing the Pacific ocean didn't result in decay stemming from different trace elements in the general food supply
Show threadmorriJul 18, 2024
@adub wow good dna i guess.
Show threadA-Dub 🥝Jul 18, 2024
@morri or strong enamel formed via fluoride tablets as a kid (not fluoridated water, which wasn't a thing in the 70s in NZ iirc)
Show threadmorriJul 19, 2024
@adub @morri i also had tablets but they werent too great. also kiddo also had cavities at 5-6 yo despite 😐
Show threadA-Dub 🥝Jul 19, 2024
@morri @morri yeah i think it was just dumb luck. parents teeth weren’t good, in my dads case maybe wartime rationing had something to do with it