Re: Question about amalgams

adams_richie_at_NOTyahoo.com
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:22:27 -1000

On 29 Dec 2004 17:36:22 -0800, clintonz@prodigy.net wrote:

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>adams_richie@NOTyahoo.com wrote:
>> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:02:27 GMT, Steven Fawks
>> <tuthjockey@earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> Thanx Fawks. You are confirming what my dentist told me. Many of my
>> fillings are quite large (especially in the back molars) so
>> replacement does not sound like a good idea.
>>
>> I will likely just leave my amalgams alone, practice good oral
>hygiene
>> and hope that I won't need another root canal (already have had four
>> of them).
>>
>> Richie
>
>
>I could understant that sentiment. Root canals are also bad news.
 
You got that right. If I have to have any more I will have to mortgage
the house. But so far the four root canals with crowns are doing well.
No pain or sensitivity and some are over ten years old.

When my amalgams crack I will look into replacing them with composites
or whatever the best material is. Til then I will rest easy that they
are likely going to do me no harm (knock on wood).

Richie