bedlam - 5:31 pm on Apr 25, 2007 (gmt 0)

About filling durability:

In the past year I've had two fillings replaced: one of them had lasted ~20 years, and the other was ~11 years old. The 11 year old one was still sound (i.e. no problems with decay or damage to the tooth), but I had it replaced because the dentist who filled the tooth in the first place had done a poor job which resulted in mild pain on one side when eating anything remotely hard.

I've got two more fillings that I don't expect will need replacing for at least five years, and possibly quite a bit more...

-b