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Should I Do Tooth Filling For Really Faint Dark Spots?
I have recently had a routine dentist check. He could see no issues but took an xray anyway. He then said i needed 4 fillings!? He pointed out four really faint dark spots under the tooth. he called them blood spots. Please could you explain why i need fillings from this, when from the naked eye he said there was nothing wrong?
Fri, 8 Aug 2014
Hello and welcome to HCM forum,
I would like to inform you that a dentist prescribes a filling for the tooth as a preventive measure for future tooth problems.
X-rays are taken to assure if decay is present if not visible to naked eye or even if present how deep is it.
We usually advise our patients to get a filling done when it is first detected as decay spreads very quickly...getring the tooth filled is our patients will.
I will advise you to have regukar follow ups with your dentist and trust them in their treatment.
I wish you Good health
Take care
I would like to inform you that a dentist prescribes a filling for the tooth as a preventive measure for future tooth problems.
X-rays are taken to assure if decay is present if not visible to naked eye or even if present how deep is it.
We usually advise our patients to get a filling done when it is first detected as decay spreads very quickly...getring the tooth filled is our patients will.
I will advise you to have regukar follow ups with your dentist and trust them in their treatment.
I wish you Good health
Take care
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