Dental Health Care

Specialty that encompasses all the others, because both orthodontics, conservative dentistry and prosthetics among others, aim to treat dental disease, and in turn, get a proper function and aesthetics as favorable as possible.

Currently in cosmetic dentistry is one of the most popular specialties within the field of dentistry, which is why each day there are more precise techniques that allow us to achieve higher quality results, which increasingly go unnoticed and be confused by real teeth .

The aesthetic is achieved through advanced technology techniques, teeth whitening, veneers or composite ceramic, porcelain crowns, dental implants, gum surgery remodeling. With these treatments can improve both the image and self esteem of our patients.

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Amalgam consists of mercury and other metals. Amalgam is an alloy of mercury and other metals, eg copper, tin and silver. Alloy is the chemical term for a mixture of two or more metals.

The dental amalgam fillings contain about 50 percent mercury. This mercury can be released from the alloy. Most of the release is in the form of mercury gas, which is mainly absorbed through the lungs into the body.
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Encapsulated amalgam, a filling made from a combination of mercury with silver, copper or tin, has been listed as safe and effective material by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), located in the same category of class II medical device that have gold fillings and composite resin for use in dental restorations.

Dr. Susan Runner, head of the FDA, said that “patients with dental amalgam fillings are not endangered by the adverse health effects associated with mercury. As stated by “prolonged trials in adults and children six years and older with dental amalgam fillings, have not established a causal connection between it and adverse health effects.

Runner explained that some patients “suffer from allergies or sensitivity to mercury or other metals used in dental amalgams” so that such patients may develop “Contact reactions” within the oral cavity.

To address the needs of these patients, Dr. Runner indicated that “the FDA is organizing special controls for dental amalgam to help provide reasonable assurance on its safety and effectiveness.”

In this sense, the U.S. agency advised caution against the use of amalgam in patients with mercury allergy, use ventilation when handling this material and present clearly and succinctly the benefits and risks of the technique before applying it to the patient.