Silver fillings ..

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I am 30 and have huge silver filling on my back teeth both upper and lower.
SO ugly. Each single tooth is covered.
Went through a phase in my teens of diet soda and practically living of it. It destroyed my teeth.

I'm thinking of having them all out and replaced to white due to the look of them.

People say they don't notice them but I do.

Thoughts please? Has anyone done this?

I've just been reading that they plan to ban
ALL silver fillings by 2030 which is even more worrying!

I always thought it was considered dangerous to remove them. A quick Google brings up this.

If your amalgam-restored teeth are in a healthy condition, it is not advisable to have your silver-amalgam fillings removed. This is because removing amalgam fillings may expose you to more mercury vapours or particles than if they are left behind. Besides, more natural tooth structure is lost during amalgam removal and the placement of a replacement filling. So, if amalgam fillings are not causing any problem, you should not have them removed.

I had one silver one replaced with white because it was coming away- it was fine. Cost about £70 though for one, white aren’t covered by nhs I don’t think.

I'm having one replaced next week after an x-Ray showed it was starting to deteriorate. Privately though as no NHS dentists where I am are seeing any adult patients.

I’ve been quoted £200 per tooth for a white filling!

I've had white recently under the nhs

Was it a front tooth?

If that was aimed at me, no it wasn't top tooth at the back

I had all my silver fillings replaced last year. Such a huge difference and worth every penny.

I had my lower silver fillings replaced by white fillings years ago, best thing I did.

I recently had my horrible silver fillings replaced with white. 2 for £175. They look so much better

I'd research it first. To have them removed properly & safely is very costly & a specialist procedure. I'd be worried about mercury release. It might be safer to leave them as another poster said.

My private dentist gave me a silver filling in my upper left pre-molar three years ago, saying they were stronger than white fillings. I wish I'd declined. Seems odd.

I moved to Canada a couple of years ago and they were horrified by my mouthful of silver fillings. They replaced all of them over a 6 month period. I felt like it was probably a bit unnecessary but my teeth do look amazing now!!!

My dentist advised against replacement of my fillings, as they are in good condition (which is amazing, considering that they are all over 50 years old!).

Alot of us kids of the 60's, 70's and probably the 80s were victims of the 'Australian trench'. Commonwealth dentists, particularly from the antipodes and South Africa were encouraged to the UK by the NHS due to a severe shortage of dentists. They got paid per tooth not per treatment session so literally drilled a trench through all the molars whether decayed or healthy and filled them in with amalgam. My freind & a cousin had it done and it's dreadful.

Thanks everyone I'll speak to my dentist. I've seen it's possibly a risk of exposure taking them out but I believe that when you eat this happens too so can't really win with that and when they start to deteriorate.

Would definitely pay the fee for my mouth to feel healthier again and not look so disgusting at the back.

My biggest worry is how deep they are, when you have a silver filling they take a lot of healthy tooth away too so that it can bond properly. It shouldn't have been allowed I'm so angry for accepting it at the time!

Thanks everyone really appreciate it xx