I've never in my life had a cavity or a filling. Given how my tooth maintenance compares to other people's, this is mostly luck. Julia has the same good fortune, though in her case I think good maintenance is a bigger factor.
There are people with routines comparable to mine, who get a cavity seemingly every trip to the dentist, or a half-dozen if they haven't been in awhile.
Anyhow, does anyone else remember having the impression as a kid that people (dental assistants, at least) associated not-having-cavities with behaving well and cavities with behaving badly? Given how much luck (I think) is involved, that just seems really unfair to the cavity-prone. Not that childhood was ever entirely fair.
(Mind, I really don't eat sugary snacks. My gustatory weaknesses are salt-and-fatty, not sugary.)
Posted by Matt Bruce at September 18, 2004 11:42 AM