NHS Molar Root Canal

brook2jack

The figures you quote for mercury exposure are misquotes used from the 1993 WHO report.

Numerous studies have shown and I quote "most conditions the predominant chemical species of mercury in blood is methylmercury arising from consumption of fish and shellfish"

This is in case you don't want to read all three hundred pages of this http://www3.epa.gov/airtoxics/112nmerc/volume4.pdf

Which is an environmental agency research into mercury exposure including from fillings, medication and occupational exposure as well as consumption of fish and shell fish.

brook2jack

izzybella16 wrote: »

I wasn't promoting superglue as dental filling, was just using it as an example to it is possible to create materials with the desired properties

The desired properties being toxicity, heat production and swelling. Oh and it degrades in the mouth.

izzybella16

No ease of application and quick setting. You mentioned the other cyanoacrylates that are used medically, not saying these would work but shows how small tweaks can turn something non toxic

brook2jack

The mouth is a considerably more demanding environment than skin.

Dental materials experts spend years getting their masters etc so they can understand the very complex requirements of the mouth , teeth and the restorative materials used in it. Manufacturers regularly churn out new materials , very many of which turn out to be not much different from what is out there.

Various techniques from passing electric currents through teeth as a biologically active material is applied to using modified gene therapy to make new enamel are being investigated but you vastly underestimate how hostile and challenging the mouth is to materials and how difficult it is to get materials that are safe enough to use.

izzybella16

I've seen a composite called bulk fill that doesn't need to be light cured every 2mm

brook2jack

So bulk fill composites of which here are several have been around for a while. It is still very technique sensitive, still needs excellent moisture control, is still a bad idea for people with active caries, is still a bad idea for large fillings and still a bad idea for those who can't stay open long.

welshdent

Wadr we don't create filling materials we put them in.
I'd suggest contacting dental material manufacturing companies for suggestions on ideal properties of filling materials. 3m, gc, Kerr, Ivoclar to name a handful. Although. I think you would find what you propose is EXACTLY what they have been researching for decades 😕😏

izzybella16

The problem with amalgam isn't just the mercury, it looks really bad also. I find it so hard to believe that they have not be able to develop a white filling with the properties of amalgam.

As dentists you should also realise that it's ok judging people for having a bad diet, but without sugar 90% of dentists would be out of business. My problems came from not going to the dentist for years, like many people I didn't see the point in going if I didn't have any pain

brook2jack

We are health professionals , it is our job to help people control their disease.

It is not how often that you go to the dentist but what you do Inbetween that determines whether you have a healthy mouth or not.

We do not judge , we all have faults , but 97% of all dental treatment is entirely preventable , not by cutting out sugar but by keeping its consumption to meal times and not snacking or drinking sugar inbetween meals, by flossing and using tepe brushes every day and by stopping smoking.

Toothsmith

izzybella16 wrote: »

The problem with amalgam isn't just the mercury, it looks really bad also. I find it so hard to believe that they have not be able to develop a white filling with the properties of amalgam.

You find it hard to believe?

I would love to know what you 'believe' is the reason that the 'Holy Grail' of dentistry - that would surely make the inventor and the company that produces it an absolute fortune - has been what exactly??? Hushed up???