What Color Filling Would You Prefer?

	Black ones that expand and break teeth? OR White ones that bond to teeth and hold them together?

Watch Our Mercury Video

The Centre For Dentistry invites you to learn about the toxicity of mercury fillings found in your teeth. Which type of fillings do you prefer? Composite resin fillings contain no mercury. They are bonded to the tooth and therefore help prevent fractures of teeth. Amalgam (silver) fillings expand and contract differently than tooth structure, and crack and break the teeth they're in.

Composite fillings can be contoured to the exact bite, are readily repairable, and look absolutely fantastic! On the downside, they are much more time consuming to place, and so are more expensive, and some insurance companies do not pay well for them.

Did you know that the silver fillings in your teeth contains more than 50% of the toxic element, Mercury? The argument rages as to whether that mercury is bound, and therefore inert, or actively liberated as mercury vapor which can then be absorbed into body tissues throughout the life of the filling. Amalgam is a material that is over 150 years old, and there are many modern alternatives that can be considered.

For more information about why we don't use mercury fillings please click here.