White fillings?

Sunnyday

For a while now i`ve been partially remembering something i saw on television a while ago, in my minds eye i saw an xray of a sheeps head and something was being said about mercury and amalgam.

I`ve finally found out it was a panorama program.

The transcript is here for anyone interested.

http://www.lynrennick.co.cc/BBCPanoramaProg.html

SD

Mrs_Imp

outlaw777 wrote: »

Ive had 1 white filling and I feel its too high, I'm struggling to bite and chew on it??

Go back and speak to your dentist. They can always file it down a bit for you.

When I had a fiiling recently it felt odd afterwards and a bit high. It only felt odd because I'd had a hole there previously so I wasn't used to my teeth meeting properly. I had to go private, so it was a little more expensive, but they did use a colour chart to match the white of the filling with the colour of my teeth

I opted for no anaesthetic as I have a huge problem with needles. The dentist agreed to do it this way, and said I should let him know if it got too painful. Not even a twinge

outlaw777

So annoying having this white filling thats too high, need to wait until Thurs to get it sorted, cant bite or chew or anything with it!!

patchwork_cat

Jarvissa - well done . I am fed up on forums people spouting rubbish with all authority when they really have no idea!

Sunshine12

I got a white filling on NHS last week on one of my back teeth. No sorer than other ones.

outlaw777

Least yours was done right!

Sunshine12

outlaw777 wrote: »

Least yours was done right!

Only after 3rd attempt though. First 2 fell out as soon as I tried to eat anything. I can tell yours is annoying you! Hope you get it fixed soon!

outlaw777

Cant eat a thing mate, so !!!!ed off lol, no wonder I never goto the dentist!

Toothsmith

Prehaps the 'Amalgam is poison' brigade would care to read the FDA's latest position on Bisphenol A. A component of white filling.

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm197739.htm

Amalgam undoubtably does give 'detectable' levels of mercury in the mouth. But only 'detectable' using modern sensors that can 'detect' incredibly small amounts. Those incredibly small amounts are elemental mercury, which although toxic in larger amounts, do pass through the body.

Unlike the mercury compounds that you get in something like tuna fish, which stay in the body and build up over the years. (Although still never reaching a level that could do anything detectable to the vast majority of people.)

Dentists - who work with the stuff every day - have no higher mercury levels in their body than any other member of the population, and don't die of mercury toxicity diseases.

So - are white fillings dangerous? To every practical meaning of the word - no. Are amalgam fillings dangerous? Again, not by any usual definition of 'dangerous'.

Does dentistry have a 'safe' filling material? If you define amalgam as 'dangerous', then no we don't. Everything we have has a degree of toxicity to it with the exception of gold. But then, gold needs gluing in place, and there isn't a 'safe' cement.

Best would be to not feed sugar to your kids and to make sure they brush their teeth well with a fluoride toothpaste (If you can bear to live dangerously enough to allow fluoride). Then they won't ever need poison putting in their mouths.

outlaw777

Thats me all sorted now but lol, dentist sorted it all out.