In message , Andy Hall
writes
On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:40:18 +0100, Owain wrote
(in article ):

Andy Hall wrote:
You still have some amalgam fillings?
I'm very old :-(
I'm surprised they've lasted. AFAIK, dentists stopped using this material
at least 20 years ago and they have about a 20 year lifetime....

Private dentists may have stopped using amalgam but for us poor people
on the Notional Health Service there's no choice unless the filling is
on a front tooth or there is some reason why amalgam cannot be used. The
NHS will not use non-amalgam for appearance's sake.

Hmm.... I suspect that this is a time thing (and implied cost) rather than a
material cost thing



I've got a glass ionomer cement filling and although it's nice that it
is toothier coloured it feels rougher than the amalgam fillings.

Shouldn't do. Didn't he carefully shape and grind it?


Are you a dentist, Andy?
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June Hughes