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Is It Safe to Remove Silver Fillings?

I have silver fillings from a long time ago but I've been wanting to get the white fillings instead. One dentist told me that it was safer to keep...

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What Kind of Dental Work Can I Have to Replace All of my Silver Fillings with a Natural Color?

I have a lot of cavities that were filled with silver. I brush my teeth more than anyone I know but for some reason I got a lot of cavities when I was...

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Tooth With Metal Filling Turning Blue?

I have a tooth with a metal filling and am noticing that the tooth is turning to blue colour ?

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Tooth Decay at Most of my Front Teeth?

Most of my front teeth have decayed and the dentist have patch it up with white filling. However, after time, the filling have turn black.. The only...

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No Pain Before Root Canal, Intolerable Pain After One? (photo)

Hello, I went for a filling few weeks ago on tooth 13-premolar , after removing some caries dentist recommended that I get a root canal. Couple days...

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Pain with Biting Beginning a Month After Filling?

I had a deep filling, and after a few days of sensitivity, it felt fine for a about 2 weeks. Yesterday, it started to hurt upon chewing. it feels sort...

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How Common is It for a Molar to Break (Shatter) After Replacing a Filling?

Went in to have a very old and damaged ( there was a hole in it) filling replaced on my bottom L molar. After filling was completed and I was leaving...

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2 Front Tooth Filling. One Came Loose What to Do It is a Long Weekend?

Hello i was chewing and i felt one of my front tooth filling come loose i checked on the mirror and i can actually see saliva on the inside where it...

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