Would you recommend amalgam or composite fillings?

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Timely_Cake_917@reddit

Ask for adamantium instead.

You'll have to pay private as it's not on the NHS

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Equal_Pudding6294@reddit

NEVER amalgam. The most toxic thing you could put in your body. Please avoid like the plague.

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Depends on the fillings - if large and deep, then amalagm can last better. If cosmetically important or small, white composite. Fillings crack over time - filling in before decay gets near nerve wise. If it gets that deep, you are potentially talking root canals and crowns.

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DameKumquat@reddit

If it's not visible, amalgam usually attaches better/lasts longer. If it's a visible place, you'd want composite.

I have a few bits of amalgam on my molars, and a composite replacement for a chunk of incisor, which was a git to make stay in place - needed it done five times...

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Kudosnotkang@reddit

Composite

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