I have noticed small lines on my back molars, no pain, would these have to be filled?

Question

small lines look like a star and there is one slight bigger line, my teeth are in good condition, last check up was a month ago

Answer 1

Sounds like you have stains in the occlusal grooves (grooves in the chewing surface). These are very common. This can be an indication of eventual decay, or it could be nothing. If your dentist just checked last month, it is probably nothing.

Some dental offices have a laser detection tool called Diagnodent (tm), that can scan these grooves to detect the earliest signs of decay. But even if your dentist doesn't have that, he is still capable of making a good diagnosis.

Answer 2

u shouldn't have pain 2 get ur teeth filled,maybe u have simple decay that didn reach the dentin yet..a dentist can tell if it's stain or decay and even if it's simple decay that will be better 2 fill it so it won't affect a bigger part