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Silver fillings have been an option for use with dental filling in decayed teeth by dentists for a long time. There have been literally billions of silver fillings that have been placed by dentist in millions of different patients over the many years that they have been used. Recently however there have been questions or concerns that have been brought up as to how save they are as they are composed of other metals in addition to silver, including mercury.

Silver fillings, also known as amalgams have been around for more than 150 years. Their primary purpose is to restore the functionality and health of a tooth that has undergone various levels of decay removal. Dentists have been using them for so long because they are easy to place on the teeth and offer outstanding protection against decay when they are properly bonded with the tooth. View a prominent dentist’s view on Silver Amalgam Fillings.

Many people would be surprised to know that silver fillings can contain high levels of mercury. In fact many silver fillings are composed of as much as 55% mercury! Silver fillings may also contain various levels of tin, copper, zinc, palladium and indium, all of which are thought to be completely harmless to the human body.

There are certain organizations in existence today that claim that there are many health issues that are directly related to silver fillings containing mercury. They propose that people that have silver fillings containing mercury should be reimbursed for an array of health issues that they may have experience over the course of a lifetime.

However, according to the American Dental Association and the United States Food and Drug Administration, silver fillings are the most thoroughly studied and tested material that is in use in fillings today and are believe to be completely safe to use in all dental procedures. The ADA and the USFDA have also concluded that not only are the silver fillings durable and easy to use but that they are in no way responsible for any health issues that a person may be experiencing and that there are too many other factors present to determine the direct cause of anything.

Even though some forms of mercury are hazardous to humans and should not be consumed, when mercury is used in silver fillings, it is chemically bound to other metals. When mercury is chemically bound to these other metals, it takes on the qualities of these metals making it completely safe for use in silver fillings.