Long gone are the days when a cavity meant you walked out of the office with a big shiny silver piece right in the middle of your white tooth. The old mercury based filling material is no longer the standard of care. Today’s dental composites are a better fit both esthetically and functionally.
Dental composites, or [...]
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Dental Composites
September 26, 2009 – 2:00 pm
Mercury Free Dentist
August 31, 2009 – 9:57 am
The introduction of “amalgam” fillings, or silver fillings, was a boon to dental health. Now disease and decay could be removed and replaced, extending the life of the tooth and ensuring that patients could keep their teeth longer. It was a win-win situation.
Like all sciences, dentistry adds newer and better materials as they become available. [...]
Mercury Free Dentistry
August 5, 2009 – 12:14 pm
Dentistry has come a long way since the days of ‘silver’ fillings, yet these materials are still in use today. It is no wonder that controversy surrounds them and mercury free dentistry is becoming popular.
Silver fillings are actually a mixture of materials, one ingredient of which is mercury. The material has come under fire for [...]