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How Long Does It Take to Fill a Cavity?

How Long Does It Take to Fill a Cavity?

The short answer: most fillings take somewhere between 20 and 60 minutes, start to finish. But that range depends on a handful of specific factors, and honestly, the more useful question is often whether a filling is even needed yet. At Bruno Integrative Dentistry,...

Do Cavities Actually Hurt?

Do Cavities Actually Hurt?

It's a fair question, and the honest answer surprises most people: not always, and not in the way you'd expect. Pain turns out to be a surprisingly unreliable guide to how serious a cavity actually is. Someone with a small, early cavity can have real sensitivity,...

How to Know If You Have a Cavity

How to Know If You Have a Cavity

Here's the honest, slightly frustrating answer: in the earliest stages, you often won't feel anything at all. Cavities don't announce themselves the way most people expect, and by the time there's real pain, decay has usually already reached the more sensitive layers...