Times and dentistry have changed. Today, when it comes to your teeth and your health,
you should insist on metal-free dentistry. Whether restoring a tooth to health or replacing
an existing metal filling, there are a variety of non-metal restorations available.
The options in tooth colored restorations range from composite resins for smaller fillings to porcelain onlays and crowns for larger restorations. An onlay is like a smaller version of a crown where more natural tooth structure is left untouched and intact. The benefit to any of these is that they protect fragile tooth structure and are chemically bonded to your tooth restoring it back up to 97% of its original healthy strength.
The reasons for choosing metal-free restorations are quite compelling: safety, strength and appearance. Today, silver mercury (metal) amalgrams are obsolete. If you have old metal fillings, or even if you have new ones, your teeth and your health are at risk.
Not only do metal fillings detract from the appearance of the teeth, turning them dark and gray, but they also damage the teeth they’re meant to protect! Metal fillings expand and contract with temperature changes. This movement weakens and cracks teeth. It also creates a space between the tooth wall and the filling, allowing bacteria to enter, causing decay that your dentist can’t see, not even on an x-ray until it gets bigger. Worse yet, there is much controversy over the hazard of amalgams with studies that show that they leach mercury toxins for up to 20 years!
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