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Spot The White Filling!

Gone are the days of having grey/black mercury fillings in the mouth.  White / composite fillings are much better for the tooth.  Mercury fillings weaken your teeth and leak mercury over a period of time, however it has been said that not enough of it leaks into the body to cause harmful effects.  If you had an alternative choice which would you choose?

Due to advances in technology tooth coloured composite fillings are now better than ever.  The advantages of white fillings are that they bond to the tooth so it brings the strength of the tooth back; less preparation is required as they do not have to be physically locked in like mercury fillings; and of course they look great.  White fillings still have limitations; if the filling is very large on your back molar teeth, the cusps can be at risk of breaking, and studies have shown that very large fillings on your back molar teeth last roughly a few years, they are also much more complex to place.

“Although white fillings may have some limitations, they are certainly more popular than the mercury ones,” say Dr Rashid of Time Dental, Surrey, “the public don’t want unsightly fillings in the mouth anymore, especially when there is a better alternative.”