To maintain your good health through quality care. If every six months we examine your mouth and provide an oral cancer screening, we will protect your overall health and dental health. A watchful eye on your health will prevent unpleasant surprises. It is an important part of our infection control program designed to keep you safe in the dental practice. In fact, every item used in your treatment is either sterilized or brand new.
Research clearly points to amalgam safety.
Plus, dentists have an amazing track record on amalgam with 100 million patients over a century and a half. That's why we chose amalgam fillings for our own children. I've heard that the mercury in dental fillings can leak out and enter the body. Almost all of the mercury in a filling is locked in as it hardens. The tiny amount of mercury that may leak out of a filling is flushed out of the body through natural processes.