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What Are the Alternatives to Getting a Silver Dental Filling?

What Are the Alternatives to Getting a Silver Dental Filling? (0:28)

The alternatives that have emerged to silver amalgam dental fillings are stronger and more aesthetic, they can strengthen teeth and they can last longer. Watch dental expert Gerry Curatola, DDS, describe the benefits of these alternative materials.

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The best part of that the alternatives that have a merged to silver or dental amalgam fillings, are that they're stronger, they actually increase the strength of the tooth, they are a lot more aesthetic and they can even last longer. They include some of the new ceramic materials we were using such as e-max, procerum/g as well as some of the new generation's of bonding materials or composite tooth pellet fillings.