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2 fillings at a time or 1?

  • 13-05-2015 1:01am
    #1
    the deftone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭


    I have a filling that needs redoing. Its kind of sore so it has to be done. Its currently filled with amalgam. I would like it to be refilled with composite. Is this straight forward?

    Also the one next to it is also filled with amalgam, this filling is fine however it can be seen when I smile and I would love it to be redone with composite.
    Would it be best to get them both done at once?

    Also if i can ask one more thing, my dentist doesn't use dams or anything for amalgam removal. Is this something to worry about?

    Thanks for any opinions.


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  • #2
    pudzey101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,925 ✭✭✭pudzey101


    id ask these questions to your dentist as he will know best OP :) i myself got 2 fillings done like u mentioned last week as my dentist asked me so i woudnt have to come back during the week :D

    dams are dentists choices i would think , my guy uses them , but i asks him to not use them as i dont like the feeling and feel claustrophobic lol


  • #3
    603304529
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭603304529


    The dam is a good idea when you are having the amalgam removed - ingestion of the amalgam particles is not desirable. Your dentist should do this at your request....

    Depending on health of the tooth, proximity to the gums (gingiva) and pulp, etc, removal of the amalgam, and replacement with composite should be a straightforward process...


  • #4
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    The Dam is not there to stop ingestion of amalgam, it there to keep the area dry for bonding the white filling. If the aim was to stop the inhalation of silver filling dust then its the dentist who would wear it, they are taking these things out all the time.


  • #5
    603304529
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭603304529


    The primary purpose is to isolate the area yes - but a very happy side effect is that it limits the ingestion of the amalgam dust.

    Yes there will be some airborne amalgam dust - but the amount the dentist takes it will be enormously reduced to what the patient would ingest (reduced again by his facemask) and the dentist isn't drinking the cooling water from the highspeed!


  • #6
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Yeah but the dentist does it 10 times a day his/her entire working life. Yet the incidence of chronic illness in dentists is no different to the general public. Interesting no?


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  • #7
    603304529
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭603304529


    Interesting yes! Sometimes we use the dam in clinic when removing amalgam - other times no. If I was the patient, I would prefer it, but wouldn't mandate it...


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