Re:Re: Re: More dumb dental questions: Stai

[Guest guest]

Amalgam does show on x-rays. When I have my fillings eplaced the dentists

requested permission to x-ray between when he took out the old ones and when he

put in the new ones to make sure he hadn't missed a speck somewhere.

S

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AndyCutler@... wrote:

>

It is this

> residue of a previous filling that is the most likely source of

> mercury amalgam under a crown.

>

> Andy,

Would this residue show up on an x-ray? I have two crowns but neither shows any

amalgam in xrays.

Lynette