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I was reading how mercury fillings in the teeth can be dangerous so I decided to see if I had any from when I was a kid
I did not see any silver metals in my mouth... the most recent fillings have been apoxy type white acrylic material... not sure but I do not think they would have buried any silver fillings with this stuff..
I do have a gold crown that was put in a few years back
anyone know if gold is considered dangerous? I know there are various forms of this
Paul
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randibear
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i'm having the same concerns, paul.
i have to have a bridge put on but i've a lot of fillings.
i understand that there are some new amalgams that have a combination of gold, silver, and other metals.
or you can use pure gold, but that's very expensive.
i have to call my dentist and find out what he's going to use.
i have so many fillings i don't dare try to replace them.
wish i could just afford implants.
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If you had gold AND amalgams that would be bad because it causes a galvanic reaction that pulls more mercury out of the amalgams. But, a lone gold crown is not a problem.
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Gold is a precious metal in the dental world. Should not have any reactions to that. Your dentist would have info from the lab that made it, for the composite in it. That's a law that they send it with the crown back to the dentist.
Your white fillings are plastic resin, bonded into your tooth onto the enamel/dentin. It would not be put over any alloy filling.
I've seen many people get rid of their alloys and then never feel better. I would really warn to take a look at how much money one spends on this removal, only to put plastic in their mouths that no one knows the long term effect of yet. I'm in dentistry, and have lyme/babs.
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The gold can contain a lot of other metal. Gold is naturally very soft and would not hold up under normal chewing. 10 years is avg. survival.
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Actually, Gold Crowns are stronger than any other material used in the mouth. It is not soft.
A Gold Crown will outlive the person that has it.
There is tons of info on the web if you search Gold Crowns. Here's what one of my dental links said:
"Gold crowns have several advantages over all other dental crown types. First, gold crowns add strength to your tooth with the least amount of tooth structure lost. Gold crowns can be made thin and yet very strong. These crowns wear much like your natural tooth structure so they harmonize with the rest of your teeth over years of wear. Gold crowns do not wear down the opposing tooth and will never break. Gold crowns are the longest lasting crowns and best for the molars in the far back of your mouth because these provide most of the chewing power."
Whatever one does or wants in there mouth, Please search what is best for you. Take a professionals opinion, ie.. dentist, oral surgeon etc, and do your own homework. Rumours will get you bad dentistry.
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yea mine is a molar and feels great was just thinking of the metal thing. and I am happy I see no silver in my mouth.. as far as the plastics go I would like to think even if they may be toxic it would be better than silver/mercury... I mean we probably ingest plastics everytime we drink a bottled water anyway.
thanks for all the input
Paul
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