Restoring Tuscaloosa Cavities with Tooth-Colored Fillings!
Every cloud should have a silver lining… but smiles shouldn’t – ever!
The truth is, silver fillings aren’t actually silver. What is commonly referred to as a “silver filling” is really an amalgam of various metals including Mercury.
But Mercury content is not the only problem that metal fillings present. Metal inside your mouth acts like metal outside your mouth – it reacts to temperature changes.
Metal fillings will expand when exposed to cold (a cool drink, ice cream) and contract when exposed to heat (coffee, hot soup).
This movement of expanding and contracting can weaken the tooth walls and eventually lead to fractures or breaks. It can also create a space between the tooth wall and the filling, allowing bacteria to get in under an existing filling and cause decay that your dentist can’t see.
In fact, dentists rarely remove metal fillings without finding hidden decay.