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is it possible that metal fillings can cause an increase in static shocks, I get a shock when i touch a filling accidentally but get them constantly when touching other people and objects….is there a conection?!! and also what does research say about back pain and metal filligs. hope you can help. thanks.

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Can you advise me of where I can get white fillings instead of metals ones and the costs associated with these?
Many Thanks

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i have just turned 15 and allmost all my teeth have fillings in, i dont get how my teeth are so bad when i brush them 2times a day and i tend not to drink fizzy juices and sweets. i hate laughing and smiling because my mouth is almost silver with them. Is it possible for your teeth to be taken out and new ones put in? but not like false teeth that old people get, single ones? and how old do you need to be?

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Hi.
PLease can you tell me if the snap on smile is suitable to cover cover heavy metal filings
THank you

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i have a gap between my front teeth and 6 metal filings in my back teeth. can the gap be made smaller without surgery and would you recommend the metal filings be replaced with white filings to make my teeth look better as i am so embarrassed and depressed about my appearance

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Hi. I’ve had trouble with my teeth from a young age. A combination of factors has lead to this. Not brushing regularly as a child, eating too much sugary foods and a terrible fear of the dentist. I’ve had several back teeth taken out and now have metal fillings in most of the remaining teeth. Ideally I would like a complete smile makeover including veneers, White fillings and whitening procedure. I would like to know how best to go about getting this work done. I believe I need 9 White filling replacements 8 veneers. I live in northern Ireland and would like to know 1. How a dentist would go about this work and 2. A rough guide as to how much it would cost. Thanks,

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I chipped my front teeth as a teen ager and got three caps. Over time root canals were done. One root canal was done nearly 30 years ago in Hungary with some mysteriouis metal. The caps were replaced over 15 years ago and it is important to redo the root canal treatment. My dentist suggests laser treatment and then filling the roots with some rubber substance or a rubber substance with gold tips. What are the advantages and disadvantages of adding the gold tips to the roots? I would think that the less metal in our mouths the better.

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Hi there, Im 27 and having a nightmare with my teeth, I havnt been to the dentist in over 3 years because my husbands salary went up and we are no longer entitled to it free. Anyway, my top middle tooth had previously had a black filling in, and the other day while I was eating a crunchy pizza, I heard a crack and half the filling fell out, the tooth is wobbly at the back half and Im really sore. Every time I swallow, I taste a chemical taste and worried about mercury poisoning (if not, what is the taste?) I have to find a dentist on Monday, and wont even have the time off to get it fixed until next Friday, whats the best thing to do until then, is the chemical taste harmless? half the filling is still there. Thank you This is horrible

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Dear Rob, I have just had a silver filling frmo my local NHS dentist. In fact I’ve had three – I knew about two but it looks to me like I have had a third added onto one of my other teeth. The third filling tastes slightly metalic as I run my tongue over it. My dentist had to reshape the filling in the next tooth – otherwise nothing else of note happened. Do I need to get the metalic taste checked out? Many thanks!!!

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I had back tooth problems. there was hole on my back teeth. it was extream pain. i went to dentiest and did the amalgam filing on that and that i got much more pain on it. i cant bite anything. next day dentist said that i got infection and he gave amoxicillin. and he said that i need to do crown on it. can you please tell me what to do. it herts me a big time.