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How could a dentist fix two cavities in one tooth?
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1 TOOTH, 5 SURFACES: The tooth has 5 surfaces that a cavity can develop: top, front, back, tongue-side, and cheek-side. If you have cavities in two or more separate surfaces, your dentist could be fixing two or more cavities. You may notice that you got two small fillings in one tooth, especially if the dentist tried to conserve as much tooth as possible by not drilling a big hole out of two small cavities.
Answered 12/5/2019
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