Well I say you do need a filling..and here is the proof..
Bicuspid tooth...young woman...20 years old...tooth looks OK and on the X ray there is no evidence of a problem...but the central groove looks suspicious..on both of these teeth..but I am only doing one today...take a look...
So after a little novocaine I take my small drill and carefully open into the groove and sure enough there is more than just a little decay...this is rather significant for a tooth this size...
So with a careful excavation I am able to clean out all the affected tooth structure until it looks nice and clean...
and in just a few minutes I can bond a tooth colored filling into place and it
is like it never happened...everybody is happy and the patient now sees these photos and says ..Wow doc..how did you know! Next visit we do the tooth next door!
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