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Which is better to fill cavity silver or white material ?
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For kids. Glass ionomer cement filling and composite filling is the best. Silver fillings are now outdated because lots of issues of mercury toxicity
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It depends which tooth affected and severity of caries, type of caries, size and site of caries but now days biomedical tooth material are available which is biocompatible for tooth.
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Hi both the materials are good. Amalgam (silver) filling is non tooth coloured so it is easily visible when you speak or laugh while composite (white) filling is tooth coloured so has good esthetic value.
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