Why are composite fillings favored over silver amalgam fillings?
Many offices are abandoning the use of silver amalgam fillings because of their poisonous content and unpleasant color and faster deterioration compared to composite fillings. The industry standard are composite fillings, having a better degree of durability, concealing color (ivory) that makes the appearance of composite fillings hardly noticeable. Amalgam fillings may have been the preferred type of fillings in the past, but as new technology innovates the way dental procedures are done, and the growing hazard that have been shown to be faced by people’s teeth that have been filled with silver amalgam, the preference is rapidly shifting and the production of silver amalgam is gradually being discontinued. Amalgam fillings’ consists of mainly copper, tin, silver and mercury – all having dangerous effects on the human body. Composites fillings, the most preferred fillings nowadays, are simply composed of non-hazardous glass particles, resin and a setting ingredient that creates a nice,
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