How many dental crowns do you have? How many root canals have you had? How old are you?

[Anonymous]

41.
One root canal w/crown, and one crown that didn't need a root canal. Both times for teeth that broke. One in a fall and one from eating popcorn! Apparently, I have crappy weak teeth.

[Anonymous]

55. No root canals or crowns. Only one cavity ever. Fluoridated water as a kid and I really always liked milk. And good luck I think.

[Anonymous]

32. 1 Root Canal. 2 Crowns.
I guess I have bad teeth compared to everyone else.
I didn't go to the dentist for almost 10 years. I was young, broke and ignorant. My teeth are in great shape now.
Learn from me-get dental insurance, go to the dentist 2x per year and FLOSS at least one time per day.

[Anonymous]

36
4 root canals, 4 crowns, plenty of fillings

I had no enamel on my baby teeth and all of my molars were crowned by age 5. My permanent teeth have enamel, but it is weak. I have one ds with my teeth (4 crowns by age 4) and one with my dh's perfect teeth.

[Anonymous]

I hit 51 and got 5 cavities, a root canal and a crown after only having a few cavities as a child. I thought I had great teeth, too. Recession and bone loss have accelerated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

To the pp above -- how can you have more root canals than crowns? I thought if you had a root canal, you had to have a crown as the last step in the procedure?

I had to have 2 root canals on one tooth but, in the end, that tooth could not be saved. So no crown although at one point I did have a temp crown on it.

[Anonymous]

38
Two root canals, two crowns, a bunch of fillings.

When I was a kid, I had a rash of cavities all at once right as I hit puberty. My dentist at the time said it was obvious that I took good care of my teeth, but that hormones and heredity play a big role. My cavities are symmetrical--I have cavities in the same teeth on either side of my mouth. My dentist now says that's also an indication that it's genetics playing a big role.

I also have bruxism, which did a number on my enamel until a dentist figured out what was going on.

[Anonymous]

37: no crowns, no root canals, several fillings. I've had fluorinated water every I've lived and take good care of my teeth, though I know there is a genetic component. I go to the dentist every six months like clockwork.

[Anonymous]

33

1 root canal w/crown. It was done when I was 26, though.

[Anonymous]

45

Lots of small fillings, 1 root canal with crown. and 1 crown

I am a tooth grinder, though, and that weakens my teeth.

[Anonymous]

48, no root canals or crowns. But I have five fillings.

[Anonymous]

To those who have multiple fillings or are being urged to get fillings, there are threads on this forum where multiple posters have reported dentists who unnecessarily recommend getting fillings.

I have two fillings and over twenty years ago I was advised by a dentist in Alexandria that I needed seven fillings. I thought that was a dubious recommendation because my prior examination six months earlier in another state indicated my teeth were fine.

In the twenty plus years since then, I have had just one additional filling making for a total of two fillings.

So be careful when a dentist tells you that you need fillings. It may or may not be true ......... and my experience has been borne out by others on this forum.

[Anonymous]

51
1 root canal
2 crowns

[Anonymous]

43

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And, I still have all four wisdom teeth.

[Anonymous]

51 3 crowns, 3 root canals.
No fluoride as a child. Clean my teeth well and often (4 times a day).