What is the deal with metal fillings? Are they bad for you? What about plastic ones? Do they not last as long as metal fillings? These questions are often asked by dentists and patients alike, and to be honest, the information that we have available to us is quite difficult to analyze. To understand the data, we need to first know a bit of background. First of all tooth decay has to be diagnosed for a tooth, which is what most people call a "cavity". The dentist then drills a

I am sure that every dentist out there has had a patient present with a main concern of, "my naturopath told me to get rid of my dental amalgam because of the mercury." Or, "I read on this health website that my dental amalgam is going to give me Alzheimer's." Thank you internet, you make my job harder. There really is no debate about it. Yes, there is mercury in dental amalgam, and yes, it can enter the bloodstream. Whether or not it is actually causing all of these problems