Replacement Of Mercury Fillings at the crofts dental practice, epping.
The Crofts Dental Practice Strives to be a Mercury Free Zone.
The silver fillings in your mouth are actually an amalgamation of at least four different metals, Mercury, Silver, Copper and Tin plus others. This amalgam is continuously bathed in electrolytes (saliva, tissue fluids etc). The dissimilar metals in electrolytes can therefore act like a battery in your mouth and can cause the metallic taste which a lot of patients often refer to. This can be made worse if other metals such as crowns and bridges and dentures are also in the mouth.
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that can affect the brain, spinal cord, kidneys and liver.
Why put such a toxic material in your mouth in the first place? Each time a mercury filling is placed in the mouth the patient is exposed to mercury vapour as this liquid at room temperature will vaporise especially when it is put under pressure during the packing procedure.
Amalgam does not bond with and therefore strengthen the teeth. Not only is it toxic and more unsightly than white fillings, it is not as strong either.
It is our belief at the Crofts Dental Practice that all amalgam fillings should be replaced and that the mouth should be a mercury free zone.
Mercury Amalgam Fillings White Composite Filling
