Tooth Colored Fillings in Palatine, IL

The tooth-colored fillings or composite fillings that are found today, provide several benefits.
  • These fillings can also restore the original appearance of your tooth
  • These composite fillings have no mercury
  • These fillings require less amount of your natural tooth structure to be removed. With composite fillings, the size of the hole created for the dental filling can be significantly smaller, especially with the formation of new cavities.
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Why should I remove my metal fillings?

Metal fillings function as a wedge inside your mouth. When you bite down, the wedge drives deeper and deeper into your tooth, leading to cracks and fractures. Amalgam is used to make metal fillings. Temperature variations and biting, which are common inside your oral cavity, cause the amalgam to expand and contract. As a result, amalgam-coated teeth are frequently weakened. If left untreated, this could result in more expensive procedures such as root canal procedures, dental crowns, or even tooth extraction because of the fracture.

Mercury, a highly toxic substance, is also present in amalgam. It is not clear from the existing literature about the amount of mercury emitted by amalgams and its long-term consequences on our body.