Natural look: If appearance is a concern, the natural coloring of composite fillings may be a good fit. These fillings are less noticeable in the mouth than alternatives. 1 Use on any tooth: Because ...

In the past, most of the filling materials used in dentistry were silver fillings, also referred to as amalgam fillings. Therefore, anyone who had a silver filling placed more than 10 years ago might ...

Medical reporter Brie Zeltner will discuss this story at 7:35 a.m. Wednesday with WCPN FM/90.3's Eric Wellman on Tuesday Check-up. It is airing one day later this week due to the holiday.

New dentist proposed replacing my many amalgam fillings with composite fillings. Initial searches on the interwebs tell me that while there is some research that says amalgam filling might leak ...

Like all things over time, silver fillings wear out. You use your teeth every day to bite, chew, grind, and digest food. As silver fillings begin to age, their function, appearance, and strength begin ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning against the use of dental amalgam – a popular filling material that contains mercury – in certain groups of people. Dental amalgam contains a mixture ...

Studies show too much mercury exposure can affect brain and kidney function. For 150 years, dentists have used a mercury-based silver amalgam to fill cavities. But is it safe? Andrea Kontos said she ...

Dating back at least to the 1980s, experts have debated the safety of metal “amalgam” cavity fillings, which contain a mixture of metals like silver, copper, nickel and—most alarmingly—mercury. The ...