After all these replies, I guess you can eat now.... (Or whatever)
A white filling is more aesthetic, I have one of each right next to each other and the white one looks like its part of the tooth. It'll be especially useful for when your kids grow up and have a mouth full of white teeth rather than ones with black/silver holes in them.
Also the metal ones have mercury which is bad for you. And for £40 is cheap, mine cost £50 and that was with a free consultation instead of £30, although I am going private.
Just for info.............. White fillings last approx 7 years on average
Silver fillings last approx 12 years on average
U r not charged for a white filling if it is for a child and is visible when they smile....
How do I know................... coz the kids and I have just had our 6 month check ups........lol
I am private they r National Health..........Bluddy National Health wouldnt take me on !!!!
Thank you and good night............ That is the only sensible answer you will get out of me ever........lol
Well at least it is good to know that children get the best dental attention possible.
I had some white fillings done on the NHS and the job was dreadful. The colour was totally wrong, I ended up having gaps between the teeth and I felt a huge bulge where the filling was. I went back and complained after a week or two (the dentist had said the bulge would go on its own). Eventually the manager of the practice accepted to redo my teeth at a fraction of the cost of private treatment (I only paid the actual cost of the filling, the job was done free of charge). He did a brilliant job.
PS: maybe I have been lucky but I have fillings since school, that is 20+ years ago! If the dentist does a proper job to clean out the damaged part of the tooth and applies the filling carefully and gives you proper care instructions, there is no reason to replace the fillings unless they come off. Maybe modern materials are not that strong? We'll see...!
Hi
Silver fillings - Chew after 1 hour
white fillings - Chew immediately
But if you prefer soup then they will never fall out...not unless you get slapped!!!
ahhhhhh sorry for posting the above....i only read page 1 and didnt realise page 2 existed.....d'oh!
Fillings.......Right, you have two camps in dentistry. The silver brigade and the more aesthetic (as already quoted) brigade.
Silver fillings contain mercury....Are they gonna make you go mad and give you alzheimers?.....well Tuna and Lettuce have mercury and if you have plenty of those items then you will take in more poison than a mouthful of silver will give you, so there is VERY LITTLE evidence that silver fillings harm....they are more dangerous to the environment when a dentist drills them out. when he drills them out the heat generated causes more mercury vapour to the patient, so have them taken out one at a time.
White fillings have improved greatly over the past 6 years. They are now VERY strong and if placed correctly by your dentist, will last longer (probably) than a silver one. They are more technique sensitive and take ALOT more time to place properly than amalgams. But I believe they are worth it in the long run especially in young teeth. Silver fillings 'expand' in the tooth and cause fractures, leading to root canal therapy/crowns and when the dentist originally drills the hole, he has to make the hole MUCH bigger than he does for white fillings.
At least if the white filling goes wrong he can re-stick it cutting minimal tooth tissue away. If he prepares the same tooth for silver or white, he would cut away 30% more tooth tissue to get the amalgam to stick.....I know I want to retain as much original tooth as possible!
It may be more expensive but I would now go for white everytime!
Hope this helps......Should you wish to know more please dont hesitate...
Still think its 3 weeks :twisted:
still think what is 3 weeks?
Katie
what dentist do you currently go to? and roughly what town would be best for you to go to? I MAY be able to recommend
Dawn......have you ever been in dentistry, you appear to know quite alot
xxxx to both
there are two good practices in Chippenham.....one is on New Road (I think) its on the corner of a one way system.....there is a private large car park pretty much at the top of a hill....as to see either of the two female dentists....cant remember their names.
The other practice is in the high street. as you go up the hill its on the right, upstairs
Good luck
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WOW, thank you :rose:
I will check them out, you are so nice mwwwwwwwaaaaaaahhhhh
No fillings needed again :) :) :) 
Yes I know its disgusting that 8 year olds are having fillings, I am so cross with them and they know it 
ops: :shock: I don't mean nervous, I mean completely and utterly scared shitless 
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from one sufferer to another
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