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Mercury Free Dentistry at Guelph

Dentistry has come a long way, and today, with the support of researchers, dental rules and regulations, and the whole dentist fraternity, dental treatments are much safer than they were a decade back. The industry is now focused on using modern dental materials and techniques that are not just strong for chewing and esthetic for smiling, but also support overall oral health without any additional side effects.

Aligning with the same spirit, mercury tooth fillings, or what is scientifically known as amalgam fillings, are slowly going off the market and have been eradicated in many countries. At Magnolia Dental Guelph, we also support mercury-free dentistry and are happy to take a look at your old silver filling and offer you the best options to replace it with the tooth-colored, bio-friendly material.

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What is Mercury-Free Dentistry?

Mercury-free dentistry means avoiding the use of amalgam for filling cavities.

Amalgam is a combination of silver, mercury, and other materials to create a hard filling material for the decayed teeth. It has been a popular choice for the last half a century and has been considered a strong, reliable cavity-filling material.

Mercury dentistry in Guelph is about offering patients options to do away with amalgam and instead use tooth-colored, bio-friendly, resin-based cavity-filling materials. These are not just aesthetic but are also strong and are enriched with materials like fluorides that are good for oral and overall health.

Key Benefits of Mercury-Free Dentistry

Choosing mercury-free dental care comes with several advantages and benefits, like:

  • Safer for long-term oral health: The filling does not contain mercury, silver, or other metallic substances; hence, the risk of exposure to these metals in the mouth over a period of years is reduced. Mercury-free fillings come with biocompatible resins, fluorides and other safer dental materials.
  • Durability: The order environment is usually acidic and exposed to different kinds of PH and temperature changes that lead to metal degradation and leaching over a period of time. This questions the durability of metallic fillings and often leads to gaps between the tooth filling and the tooth structure, causing severe sensitivity, pain, and secondary cavities. Mercury-free materials usually tend to Bond to the tooth structure, hence being more durable and preserving the natural dentine and enabling underneath.
  • Preservation of natural tooth structure: Mercury-based fillings do not bond to the tooth structure. They need the cavity to be specifically prepared to retain the filling and prevent it from getting loose or coming out. In the process, it often leads to overdrilling of the tooth structure. Mercury-free fillings are ready to bond with the dentin and enamel of a natural tooth and need minimal preparation.
  • Allergy-free nature: Mercury-free fillings do not contain metals; hence, they do not initiate any kind of metallic allergies, which are quite common.
  • Natural tooth appearance: unlike silver mercury fillings, Mercury-free dentistry is tooth colored in nature and also comes in different shades to exactly blend well with your natural tooth color and smile.

Should You Replace Existing Mercury Fillings?

Not all mercury fillings need to be replaced right away. But if you have an older filling that does not feel very stable, causes sensitivity, sometimes pain, and shows where cracks are or feels a little loose with gaps, then it is always best to get it changed.

If you are considering whether to replace a mercury filling in Guelph, it’s important that our expert team of dentists first evaluate your current filling using X-rays and chairside examination.

Our dental consultation allows you to review your options, ask questions, and understand why we propose to change the amalgam filling that has served you for years.

Our Mercury-Free Dental Services

Magnolia Dental Guelph offers a range of services focused on mercury-free dental care:

  • Complete oral examinations and X-rays: The expert team always starts with a review of your present oral health and tooth fillings. This follows X-rays to see if the filling is healthy or needs to be replaced.
  • Safe amalgam filling removal: we use non-invasive, slow techniques to remove old mercury fillings so that there is minimal enamel and dentine structure that is hurt, and no new natural tooth material is drilled or removed.
  • Composite tooth-colored fillings: these are durable, natural-looking, resin-based, highly filled tooth fillings that are comparable in strength to the old silver fillings.
  • GIC fillings: These are tooth-colored fillings that are made of biocompatible compounds and fluoride-based salts and help in the protection and repair of natural tooth enamel.
  • Porcelain crowns, inlays, and onlays: these are used as full coverage Solutions in case the tooth is damaged beyond the option of a tooth filling.

Why Choose Magnolia Dental Guelph?

Patience tools Magnolia Dental Guelph because oral care feels thoughtful and personal here. The team takes time to explain all tooth filling receipt materials, procedure choices, and costs in plain language that you understand.

The clinic is also equipped with modern dental technology, like 2D X-rays and digital 3D X-rays with intraoral scans, to help us see more than a broken tooth filling, but prepare a more preventive and restorative treatment plan. Whole health dental care in Guelph ensures that oral treatments are aligned with your overall wellness goals.

Protect your health with mercury-free dentistry in Guelph at Magnolia Dental.

Protect your health with mercury-free dentistry at Magnolia Dental Guelph. Book your appointment today and smile confidently with safe, modern care.

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faq

Frequently Asked Questions

Mercury-free dentistry is the procedure of using dental materials like tooth filling substances that do not have mercury in them and are safer for health.

With time, mercury fillings can be harmful as they contain metals like silver molecules, etc, that can reach out and act as an allergen or toxin for the body.

Yes. Old mercury fillings can be safely removed after the tooth has been evaluated using an X-ray, without the additional drilling of natural tooth enamel or Dentin.

Mercury-free fillings with Advantage dentistry can last even longer than amalgam fillings and are not just aesthetic but also sturdy.

Yes. Highly filled mercury-free filling materials, like composites, are as strong and sometimes stronger than amalgam fillings when used correctly.

Yes. Mercury-free fillings always look natural as they are tooth colored and also come in many shades that blend well with your adjacent teeth and the natural smile.

The cost for mercury-free dentistry depends on the treatment choice and will be discussed before the start of the procedure.

Yes. We also offer other mercury-free dental treatments like porcelain crowns, inlays, and onlays.