{"id":994,"date":"2017-03-15T17:20:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.delaunedental.com\/blog\/?p=994"},"modified":"2018-11-27T11:17:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T17:17:48","slug":"can-children-white-fillings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/can-children-white-fillings\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Children Have White Fillings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My pediatric dentist says that children cannot have white fillings. I&#8217;m not too keen on putting the silver fillings in their mouth. I heard they&#8217;re made mostly of mercury. He says they&#8217;re perfectly safe and are made mostly of silver, but I just don&#8217;t have a good feeling about it. Is it true that children can&#8217;t have the white fillings?<\/p>\n<p>Sasha M. &#8211; Wisconsin<\/p>\n<p>Sasha,<\/p>\n<p>Your pediatric dentist is being a little misleading. While amalgam fillings are often called silver fillings, that decision was made for marketing purposes. There is silver in the fillings, but the largest ingredient is mercury.<\/p>\n<p>The American Dental Society has declared amalgam fillings are perfectly safe. There have been numerous studies to back them up.  However, that doesn&#8217;t&#8217; make many patients feel any better about putting a toxin in their bodies.  <a href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/new-orleans-mercury-free-dentist.html\">Mercury free dentists<\/a> understand that and provide composite (white) fillings for their patients. <\/p>\n<p>As far as white fillings for children, it is possible, but it isn&#8217;t easy. They have to stay perfectly still during the procedure to ensure no moisture gets on the filling. That is difficult for most children. Only you&#8217;ll know if your child can handle that. If so, call around to pediatric dentists and ask if they do white fillings. You&#8217;re bound to find one. If you don&#8217;t, try a general dentist who enjoys treating children. If your child would have trouble sitting still, but you&#8217;re still determined to do white fillings, try a mercury free dentist who also does sedation dentistry.<\/p>\n<p>This blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\">Dr. Duane Delaune<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My pediatric dentist says that children cannot have white fillings. I&#8217;m not too keen on putting the silver fillings in their mouth. I heard they&#8217;re made mostly of mercury. He says they&#8217;re perfectly safe and are made mostly of silver, but I just don&#8217;t have a good feeling about it. 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