"Hey, Doc… I don’t care about the way my back teeth look. Nobody sees them – and besides, they aren’t hurting right now…”
Silver fillings are “old school ” technology, which dates back to the days of the Civil War. These fillings eventually begin acting like metal “wedges”, putting internal pressure on your teeth - and ultimately contributing to cracks & breakage!!
When will they break? Murphy’s Law dictates it will be at 10 PM on a Saturday night – and you are out of town!! And if your silver fillings are more than 12-15 years old and/or are large – well, they are already a "time bomb" waiting to go off.
At Pinebrook Dental Group, we would like to help our patients to avoid emergencies and painful, broken teeth. On “small” cavities, tooth colored fillings work well. On “medium” and “large” cavities, the use of innovative porcelain “inserts” to replace the old fillings provides you with life-time strength & beauty.
Teeth with old, discolored silver fillings do NOT satisfy the goals most patients have of teeth that look good - feel good - and that will last a lifetime. Let us help
you
achieve these goals – and avoid a painful and inconvenient “Saturday night emergency”!!