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Worried about the safety because the silver filling is made of mercury and if anyone has any good/ bad experiences and a dentist they could recommend ☺️ thank you!
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My mercury filling had turned the entire tooth grey. Wanted it replaced with a white one. Paid 50,000 yen.
White filling put in. Filling is white but rest of tooth still grey so very little difference cosmetically.
In the process, the treatment caused a small fracture somewhere deep in the tooth, which causes pain when biting. it’s one i need to grind on left side. Have to eat certain foods on right side only now.
Not worth it, unless your filling is really visible and makes you self conscious. My new rule of thumb with dentistry is to keep procedures to a minimum as they also seem to lead to complications.
I can recommend a dentist, but you haven’t said where you’re located. If you’re in Tokyo, you should go to /r/Tokyo If you’re in Osaka, you should go to /r/Osaka Or you could say where you are, so we don’t have to guess and you can get help faster.
The silver mercury alloy is non toxic and stable up to 500C. It is unlikely to pose any kind of health risk.
Yeah my dentist just drilled it out whilst there was a big fan or something over my face sucking out all the small pieces and fumes or whatever was pretty fast and then he put in a white one
It’s possible, but if only for cosmetic reasons it’s not worth the risk of causing damage to the tooth structure (root, etc), had this chat with my dentist last year.
If the filling isn’t causing structural damage or there are clear signs of cavity growth under or around the filling, I’d recommend not removing an intact filling. As another poster said, the risk to seriously damaging your tooth is quite high. Amalgam fillings have a shelf life where they will naturally fall out as the cement slowly deteriorates. Then you can get a white replacement.
If a dentist is pushing for a replacement without clear motivation other than cosmetic, especially for something out of insurance, find a new dentist.
Had a huge ie basically the whole tooth, metal one fall out 18 mths ago plus a few other naggy bits so went to get it sorted out. Got it plus a price on a full overhaul including a crown or 2 plus replacing 3 or 4 metal fillings while I was there. Not specifically the metal replacement but overall getting my whole mouth in shape was one of most tangible life/well-being upgrades I’ve done in yrs.
Place is right by Roppongi crossing, called Nikola but they used to be called Kami Takaido dental and you can probably guess where they were. I had 4 ceramic whole teeth done yrs back after an accident and they were basically half price of anywhere else.
I had one removed a week after it was placed cause I was having tooth pain a few days after it was placed. Went to another dentist to have it removed then treatment took 5 sessions. Removed a large portion of my tooth and was replaced with a white one.
I wish I had never changed my silver one. Caused some sort of damage and took another several trips of them drilling and fixing to get the pain to stop. It also caused a space to exist between that tooth and the next tooth so now I get food stick after every single meal
I had a dentist offer to change mine, so I went for it. Now I wish I hadn’t. The silver stood out, but it was silver. The white stuff has become discolored with age despite lots of brushing. And I think they’re degraded a bit?
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
Dentist here. A lot of misinformation in the replies.
Op, by silver filling you probably mean amalgam (the one that contains mercury). Those stay for life and do not normally fall off. Removing it is fine, nothing to worry about. According to the remaining tooth structure and how healthy the tooth is, you can get either a composite resin restoration (tooth colored, directly applied), or inlay/onlay (tooth colored indirect restoration: porcelain, zirconia, or hybrid ceramic). If the tooth structure remaining is too little or if the tooth was endodontically treated, you may need a crown. AFAIK Hybrid ceramic and composite resin fall under the health insurance. Porcelain and zirconia do not and are costy.