Amalgam Fillings.

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Not asking for "Medical advice",But rather some feedback on people that have got Amalgam Fillings in general :)

Went to the dentist yesterday and was told i needed a filling,Ive had a filling before in another tooth but that was a white filling.

I was just wondering,do today's Amalgam Fillings still contain loads of mercury?..or have they changed them now?

Also,Mate of mine said he sometimes can keep on tasting metal in his mouth with these fillings,Anyone else get this?
 
I can't taste metal and I'm alive and well after a fair few years with it, so very much doubt there are harmful levels of any metal.

For more advice on the composition of the filling, ask a professional or Magnolia.
 
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I was an expert Dentist in my youth.

What seems to be the trouble?

e : if I actually read threads, my replies would be less odious and more rewarding for those who have to endure them.
 
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ots3go said:
I can't taste metal and I'm alive and well after so many years with it, so very much doubt there's harmful levels of any metal.

For more advise on the composition of the filling, ask a professional or Magnolia.
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Thats good news then. :p

Id have asked my dentist all this,but she was not english and i could just barly understand what she was saying other that it needed a filling and was going to be £48. :eek:..white are £78 :eek:

[FnG]magnolia;23049081 said:
I was an expert Dentist in my youth.

What seems to be the trouble?

e : if I actually read threads, my replies would be less odious and more rewarding for those who have to endure them.
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Thanks for replying,Just wanted to know about how Amalgam Fillings are in general to be honest.

i was 50/50 whether to go for a white filling,but they are much more and where i need the filling you wont see it anway so...
 
Must fill with the utmost confidence that yourself and the dentist don't even share a common language protocol.
 
Silver amalgam fillings still contain loads of mercury, about 50% or so, they always have and always will, it is needed for the binding process.
Currently they are seen as safe.
Evidence suggests that under pressure, high pressure, grinding and the like, there might be microleakages of mercury from the set filling complex.
Some of this is likely breathed out, some is likely breathed in.
How much is absorbed isn't known, and if the quantities exceed those you get from other sourcs, fish, background, environment, I do not know.

How safe they are is a decision you need to make yourself. Up until around six years ago, many of the alternative white restorations were simply not as good, and why they were not offered as widely, for as many people as they are today.
Some of the modern white materials are superb, and in certain circumstances are better than amalgam restorations.

£78 is around the upper end of what we would charge for a private white filling, a large restoration, but thats compared to the NHS amalgam equivalent for which we charge less than £25, not the £48 your dentist has quoted. It would appear it a private filling for you either way, just your choice of material is the variance.
I would still prefer the dentist to be able to communicate if I was paying privately.

If they are placing it with good technique, in a mouth that is key dry the procedure and using a good material like 3m's Filtek siloraine, then the white option should last you for years and years, as long as you keep your sugar frequencies down. Either way thats the main thing, keep frequencies low, and count every meal as a frequency.
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
£78 is around the upper end of what we would charge for a private white filling, a large restoration, but thats compared to the NHS amalgam equivalent for which we charge less than £25, not the £48 your dentist has quoted. It would appear it a private filling for you either way, just your choice of material is the variance.
I would still prefer the dentist to be able to communicate if I was paying privately.
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Do you charge less than the NHS standard charge for fillings?

Band 2 course of treatment – £48.00
This covers everything listed in Band 1 above, plus any further treatment such as fillings, root canal work or removal of teeth.
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NHS dental charges
 
Well if he needs to put a silver filling more of teh tooth needs to be drilled, i'd go for white filling, if the hole is bigger maybe ask him to lay Glass Ionomer along the base and wall, reduces the chance of 2nd decay, then fill it up with white filling better still have layers of white filling this makes the white filling stronger.

New tech coming out shortly such as stem cell root cannel <--- this works was done in the US last year and the university is about to market it, tooth regeneration and nano filling<---- sticks better, kills bacteria and heals teeth not for 2 years, along with regen of large enamel lost from drilling etc.. which is based on a product that regens small parts of enamel thats available since Sep 2012 only a hand full of dentists in this country have this product and most ie percent don’t know it is even available, so fillings best kept the drilling to min.
 
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Surveyor said:
Do you charge less than the NHS standard charge for fillings?



NHS dental charges
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Well we are northern ireland so yes indeed we do, heh.
But, if he is band 1 going to band 2, then he is looking at paying 25 or so extra. The 48 quote doesn;t give an accurate reflection of the filling price as the exam and scaling should be included, within his 78 pounds, he won't be getting those throw in, he'll likely still have to make a band 1 payment on to.

We shall see.
 
I have loads of metal in my mouth through one or two incidents and I don't taste metal at all. Also I grind my teeth in the night really badly and haven't died from mercury poisening yet so I would think its fairly safe.
 
minister said:
Well if he needs to put a silver filling more of teh tooth needs to be drilled, i'd go for white filling, if the hole is bigger maybe ask him to lay Glass Ionomer along the base and wall, reduces the chance of 2nd decay, then fill it up with white filling better still have layers of white filling this makes the white filling stronger.

New tech coming out shortly such as stem cell root cannel <--- this works was done in the US last year and the university is about to market it, tooth regeneration and nano filling<---- sticks better, kills bacteria and heals teeth not for 2 years, along with regen of large enamel lost from drilling etc.. which is based on a product that regens small parts of enamel thats available since Sep 2012 only a hand full of dentists in this country have this product and most ie percent don’t know it is even available, so fillings best kept the drilling to min.
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Which product was licenced in sept 2012?
 
I've had several fillings as a kid with the metal ones which have stayed in to this day with no problem compared to white ones more recently which have flaked off a little more easily.
 
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I've got a single white filling, but for some reason I wasn't given a choice (private dental). I think in general though the metal fillings are more durable, as I will need my existing filling replaced or redone at some point.
 
DiscoDave said:
I've got a single white filling, but for some reason I wasn't given a choice (private dental). I think in general though the metal fillings are more durable, as I will need my existing filling replaced or redone at some point.
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You were given that to conserve more of your tooth, silver fillings are the past not even dental schools will give you a silver filling these days, only the high street dentists because it damn cheap.
 
That product is nothing to do with stem cells, and is only suitable for non-cavitated lesions on teeth.
They repair on their own if left alone with normal brushing andreduction in the amount of sugar being consumed.
 
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