It was always pretty easy to spot when a person had a filling up until about a decade ago — all you had to do was look for the silver in their molars. That silver is silver amalgam, the standard filling of choice since the 1800s. But there are a few problems with amalgam fillings, …
What are caries? Alex. Not many people would give that question when faced with this answer on Jeopardy: “The clinical term for decay in a tooth.” It’s the most common form of oral disease known to man, dental caries. The process of getting caries is informally known as tooth decay. Most people know caries as …
If you’ve been to one of our tasty Melbourne diners lately you’ve probably been considering fillings, as in the different kinds of pie fillings used for the day’s pie selection. While Dr. Vaughn and Dr. Brown like pie as much as the next person, they’re a little more concerned with another type of filling, dental …
Caries. Who knows what that word means? That sounds like some rodent you could find rooting about down on Alligator Alley. Caries is the term for the most common form of the oral disease, dental caries. Still stumped? Tooth decay. You probably know them as a different word, “cavities.” But that term doesn’t fit what’s …
While the word “amalgam” sounds like some puzzle you’ll find in the Florida Today Entertainment section, the stuff’s been finding a home in hundreds of millions of teeth for over 150 years. Dr. Brown has used his fair share of the stuff for fillings on patient teeth, but, like the telegram, amalgam’s time has come and gone. …
