3 of 8 composite tooth fillings failed in 8 years

[MacMagus]

> Mercury, silver, tin and copper are natural. Composites are not.

You're funny!

Cyanide is natural, too.

[Racer X]

Good God Man, Don't ever let it mix with Sodium and Chlorine!

[cbelt3]

Both my grandfathers had amalgam fillings. And they lived to be 93 and 94. You mean those fillings killed them- and they could have lived to be over 100 ? Damn dentists..

And Uranium is natural, too. And molten lava. And large mean dogs.

Seriously, life is gonna kill you. Don't sweat the small stuff.

[bradsdad]

Go for the GOLD!!!! outlasts humans in dental work.

[DaviDC.]

Also consider that you're getting older & your teeth are getting more brittle. It's entirely possible that they would've broken no matter what they were filled with.

[bradsdad]

I got two gold inlays from my brother when he was in Dental school back in early 1980s. They still look like new. And heck, they could probably fetch a decent dollar on the gold market today too!

[Jimmypoo]

[quote Racer X]Good God Man, Don't ever let it mix with Sodium and Chlorine!
If you do..... THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS!!!!!




Rubics Cube for the INSANE!!!

[bradsdad]

There is likely more danger from a broken compact fluorescent light bulb with its mercury than your amalgam filling leeching mercury into your body...

[mattkime]

I thought TimeCube was Rubics Cube for the insane.

[Lee3]

Amalgam is better for durability. Composite looks better and may have improved since 1999. I know they are x-ray transparent now so they can see what is happening under the filling. They weren't earlier. You shouldn't use composite for a large filing. Hope you have a good dentist that levels with you and isn't a seller.

I work for 30 dentists (50 over the years) and there is a real range of ability and quality. Some are sellers of treatments you don't really need.