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[quote=Anonymous]I had sealants on my back molars as a kid. As an adult, my dentist was concerned by a persistent small odd shadow on my x-rays and suggested we fill them. We thought it was a small cavity. When they started drilling, it all just caved in and it turned out the sealant had been disguising progressively bigger cavities in both teeth. My dentist thought the sealant had probably been inappropriately put on in the first place and trapped what was initially a tiny area of decay, then the sealant disguised it and let it continue to grow. They were able to fix it, just with larger fillings than they had planned on needing based on the imaging, but my dentist said it was definitely not the first time he'd seen this.[/quote]
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