Re: What's better? Amalgam or compostie?

Were both teeth identical? Did they both have identical cavities? Were
both fillings the first that were placed in these teeth or were they
replacing other fillings? How was the x-ray taken -- what was the
angulation of the x-ray beam? There are numerous factors that can influence
a filling; it could be that one was done better than the other, or it could
be that there were other factors involved. It's impossible to say without
examining your mouth.

<clintonz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> George Chatzipetros wrote:
> > Well they're both wrong. What will prevent recurrent decay is the skill
> > of the dentist placing the restoration as well as how well you'll take
> > care of your teeth afterwards. Both materials can accomplish this very
> > well and amalgam can be bonded to the tooth if so desired.
> >
> > George
>
> Hey, I'm looking at an x-ray of an amalgam. Where it is
> placed in the tooth (its pretty big) there are a lot of
> edges and it looks jagged (almost like somebody scribbled
> it in the tooth). now I see another amalgam (done by a
> different dentist) and it looks almost perfectly square.
> why the difference?
>


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