Re: Do I have cavities?

OGD! I finally took a look at my teeth myself and took a picture
of the possible cavities. This pic doesn't look too bad. I hope
it can tell a dentist like you something. This black spot looks
really ugly. Is this really a cavity?

How long for something this big to develop? I blindly believed
that my teeth are in good condition.

http://i26.tinypic.com/2i1lf8z.jpg



On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:53:53 -0600, Dartos
<tuthjockey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


It looks like both upper 2nd molars have large distal decay, but the
reproduction of the film isn't great.

JMO,
Steve

The first (panoramic) x-ray as seen in the jpg is useless for
diagnosing cavities.
The second set is not well-shown. However, the rearmost upper tooth
on the two x-rays on the left of the screen appears to have a very large
cavity. Please note that some cavities will be apparent on visual
inspection that will not be obvious on even good x-rays.

Steve

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