Re: What's better? Amalgam or compostie?

budgenator wrote: 
all other things being equal, a Dentist is going to remove less good
tooth to place a composite, and be more carefull bonding it to the
tooth. Amalgam can be bonded, but the technic is more demanding, so
most Dentists just lock them in mechanicaly like they did years ago.

Amalgam contains mercury, and while there is no proof that it is
harmfull to you in the amalgam; the OSHA reg's on handeling it are very
expensive and often ignored, and the EPA is targeting dental amalgam in
it's program to reduce mercury  contamination of our waterways. We just
got a visit from our waste water reclaimation dept; they were trying to
get a feel about how dentists are complying with the reg's and the ADA
Best Practices for mercury, my guess is that 5 years from now you will
not seee a dentist placing amalgam and ten years from now if the
amalgam filling needs replacing, you be sent to a specialist.

for the little difference in price, go with composite.


	What is a "waste water reclaimation dept."?

Steve

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