Remember the days when your nan gave you a big smile and revealed a mouth full of gold and silver fillings and crowns? Today most dentists, and indeed patients, prefer white fillings; they contain no mercury and of course blend in with your natural teeth.
Not only do white fillings improve the aesthetics of our patients’ smile. They are now as strong and durable as traditional amalgam fillings due to new technology and materials.
With so many benefits, many people who have one or more gold and silver fillings and crowns are choosing to have them replaced with more natural looking white fillings. A good time to do this is when one falls out or needs replacing.
The ‘life expectancy’ of fillings differs enormously depending on where it sits in your mouth, how your teeth are aligned, whether you grind your teeth and the quality of the filling.
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