It is usually best to change fillings only when your dentist decides that an old filling needs replacing. \u00a0If so you can ask to have it replaced in a tooth-coloured material.<\/p>\n
Some dentists prefer not to put white fillings in back teeth, as they are not always successful. \u00a0One way around this would be to use crowns or inlays, but this can mean removing more of the tooth and can be more expensive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is usually best to change fillings only when your dentist decides that an old filling needs replacing. \u00a0If so you can ask to have it replaced in a tooth-coloured material. Some dentists prefer not to put white fillings in back teeth, as they are not always successful. \u00a0One way around this would be to … Continue reading Is it worth replacing my amalgam fillings with white ones?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-botox","category-brushing","category-change-metal-fillings","category-charitywork","category-cosmetic-dentistry","category-dental-studio-service","category-dental-studio-service-dentistry","category-dentistry","category-gum-disease","category-low-cost-braces","category-orthodontic-treatments","category-teeth-straightening","category-treatments","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-dental-studio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-dental-studio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-dental-studio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-dental-studio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-dental-studio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/the-dental-studio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-dental-studio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-dental-studio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-dental-studio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}