Lots of people have old conventional ‘silver’ fillings in their mouths. Apart from being unsightly and harmful to your body (see Amalgam toxicity) they have a list of disadvantages which includes releasing mercury into your body, tearing floss, causing food impaction, and discoloring your own tooth structure (discoloring clearly visible on the second tooth from the back in the picture to the left).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The same patient with the ‘silver’ fillings removed. Clearly a much cleaner, healthier looking situation. Replacing old ‘silver’ fillings can be done by using one of two techniques. The first is with resin and the second is with porcelain.

 

 

 

 

Ups: Basically reversing all the negative things said in paragraph one.

 

Downs: Post operative sensitivity does occur from time to time. It is better though to have your mouth bug free, healthy,

looking and smelling great.