{"id":2860,"date":"2021-12-07T14:55:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T14:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centreslapointe.com\/?p=2860"},"modified":"2022-01-05T19:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T19:00:24","slug":"mercury-in-amalgam-fillings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centreslapointe.com\/en\/health-advice\/mercury-in-amalgam-fillings\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury in amalgam fillings"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<section  class=\"text-block section-block text-left\" data-scroll-section data-text-block-content>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-md-8 offset-md-2 content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If the term \u201cdental amalgam\u201d doesn\u2019t mean anything to you, it\u2019s probably because you know it by its more common name, \u201csilver filling.\u201d In fact, an amalgam is a mixture of several metals, including mercury, silver, copper and tin. If you\u2019re concerned about mercury, you can rest assured in this case. It\u2019s present in very small quantities in the amalgam and poses no threat to your health.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, many patients understandably ask their dentists:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Should I change my silver fillings for another type of filling material?<\/strong><br \/>\nNot necessarily. The amalgam is very solid and reliable. Generally speaking, an amalgam filling is replaced when it\u2019s defective and no longer protecting the tooth as it\u2019s supposed to. At that point, your dentist will likely recommend filling the tooth with a material made from plastic resin, the composite. Your annual dentist appointment is therefore critical in order to monitor your fillings.<\/p>\n<p>Note that a variety of treatment alternatives exist for replacing a defective filling or treating a decayed tooth.<\/p>\n<p>Tooth decay<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-and-family-dentistry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mercury in amalgam fillings | Lapointe Dental Centres<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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