NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / March 3, 2026 / Getting a dental filling is one of the most common dental treatments. If your dentist has told you that you need a filling, you probably ...

Composite fillings show over 80% success in young children treated under general anesthesia. Bulk-fill methods reduce procedure time by 60% while maintaining high restoration quality. Material ...

TIFF CHRIS THANK YOU. WELL, THE SAFETY OF SILVER FILLINGS IS MAKING HEADLINES AGAIN AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD HAVE THEM REMOVED. THIS COMES AFTER THE FLORIDA SURGEON GENERAL RECOMMENDED AGAINST ...

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No one in their right mind would ever look forward to a filling at the dentist. Why can’t our teeth fix themselves? Maybe they can. At long last, scientists from the University of Nottingham and ...

Costa Mesa dentist Clint Walker recently gave a group of area residents reasons to smile, providing free crowns, fillings and other needed procedures in a daylong event designed to improve oral health ...

It’s not uncommon to feel fear or concern about getting a cavity filled. Dental fillings can hurt in some instances. But most cause little to no discomfort during the procedure. If you’re avoiding ...

Dating back at least to the 1980s, experts have debated the safety of metal “amalgam” cavity fillings, which contain a mixture of metals like silver, copper, nickel and—most alarmingly—mercury. The ...

Dental amalgam fillings have a bad rap. Advocates argue they are toxic and can harm people. But how common are they?