Is the mercury safe in fillings?

I found out that silver fillings have mercury in them. I’m a little worried about that and want to get rid of them somehow. My dentist says I can’t and that they are perfectly safe. Is he right? My friends say they can be removed. Danielle W. – Pennsylvania Danielle, Your silver (amalgam) fillings are made of about 50% mercury. Though the ADA has said they are perfectly safe, many […]

Need better veneers than my sister

When I got engaged, my sister got engaged and then scheduled her wedding for a month before mine. My whole life she’s been trying to upstage me. Well, last week she did it again. I mentioned I was going to get porcelain veneers a couple of months ago. The next thing I know she shows up at my house with veneers on her teeth! The only consolation I have is […]