Tag: amalgam

Dental Amalgam

Post author By Dr. Dwight Rastetter
Post date April 15, 2013
Categories In Dental Materials, Your Health

Recently Dr. Oz had a segment on his show addressing the use of Dental Amalgam. Amalgam is a mix of metals that when combined are initially soft and pliable but after time, set and become very hard. The controversy with amalgam is that it contains mercury. This is the reason Dr. Oz recently looked into […]

Amalgam vs. Composite

Post author By Dr. Dwight Rastetter
Post date May 29, 2012
Categories In Dental Materials, Dentistry

I frequently have conversations with patients regarding what kind of material we will use to fill a cavity. If the cavity is fairly small, we generally choose either amalgam (silver) filling or composite (tooth colored) filling material. After presenting information on both options you are allowed to make the ultimate decision as to what filling material we […]