Is Silver-Mercury Amalgam dental filling too hard to take out once filled in a deep-cavity tooth?

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I'm not a dentist... but have spent my fair share of time in a dental chair. It is my understanding that if you are wanting to replace a old style filling (with a plastic or gold filling) as long as the filling isn't more than 50% of the tooth, that it can be replaced. If the original filling is more than 50%, or the tooth has further decay beneath the filling, you may be looking at a crown.

Crowns aren't that bad, they just cost a lot more, and take a little more time. And it has been my experience that you don't have to have a root canal just because you need a crown. Sources: my experience .

I have had this done....at least twice! Unfortunately! There was decay UNDER the mercury amalgam filling and it had to be removed to get to the decay.It was not easy because the fillings were big.

The drill sound and the vibration, for me, is almost worse than the pain of a cavity! Now, everything is fine. I haven't read these books, but they look pretty interesting.

Sources: me autumn00™:0)'s Recommendations The hazards of silver/mercury dental fillings: Restorative dentistry without silver amalgam fillings How safe are silver (mercury) fillings? : dden health facts .

1 I had mine changed out and they were very deep.

I had mine changed out and they were very deep.

He says this should be tested for two months. If there is no pain, then it means nerve is not affected and we don't need to do root-canal. Else it is root-canal case.

I agree with him, except for the question that I asked. If Mercury filling requires drilling, then the dentist is very much right.

Thanks for the replies guys. Actually I went to the dentist today and my cavity is somewhat deep. To make sure that the tooth-nerve is not going to get affected by filling, the dentist filled it with a temporary filling.

He says this should be tested for two months. If there is no pain, then it means nerve is not affected and we don't need to do root-canal. Else it is root-canal case.

I agree with him, except for the question that I asked. If Mercury filling requires drilling, then the dentist is very much right.

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