There was a time when the only resource available to correct dental decay was with dental amalgam. That is the silver product your dentist would pack into your tooth after drilling out the decayed portion of your tooth. Your dentist would smooth is over and make it look as good as possible, but over time…
Dental amalgam has been used for decades as a means to repair dental decay. If a tooth had a cavity, the dentist drilled away the decay and filled the opening with a glob of silver that was smoothed over. But over the past twenty or so years there has been deep discussion about the safety…
A “silver” filling is actually a dental restoration consisting of a mixture of mercury silver, tin, and other metals. Together, these metal fillings are called amalgam, and have been trusted in dentistry since the 1800’s. Though the fillings were sufficiently durable, inexpensive, and easy to apply, they have also been at the center of an…