I had a filling done before going to college... on the National Health.

It was 21 years before I had another dentist touch my teeth... a cracked tooth, that required a crown.

I had a brief period of cleanings, but, as the cleaner was so rough, I ended up with a bloody mouth... then it was 12 years before I had another foray into the dental chair, to be told by the hygienist, I had the teeth of a 35yr old (at 55 that was nice to hear), and the dentist as he inspected my mouth, declared that, "We'll have to remove all those silver fillings..." this was 2017.

Unless I have actual pain... I will not be returning to the dental chair...