by Shelby Township Dentist | Nov 29, 2012 | Ask The Gentle Dentist
Shelby Township Dentist Answers Common Dental Questions Question: I have been hearing advertisements about sedation dentistry. Could you please explain what this is? Answer: Sedation dentistry is used most typically on nervous patients who have been avoiding the...
by Shelby Township Dentist | Apr 26, 2010 | Fillings, General Dentistry, Health Implications, How to choose a dentist, Teeth Whitening, Tooth replacement
For over 100 years, dentists have been using silver-mercury amalgam fillings to restore decayed or broken teeth. These materials contain about 50% mercury combined with silver and other metals. The worked well but they are not only ugly and unnatural in appearance,...
by Shelby Township Dentist | Jun 25, 2009 | General Dentistry
At the Gentle Dentist we see many high fear patients in our office. Many of these people have had terrible experiences as children. The dentist of their youth either didn’t listen to them, put their hands over their mouth as they tried to scream for help or...
by Shelby Township Dentist | Jun 19, 2008 | Fillings, General Dentistry, Mouth pain, Nutrition
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently came out with a statement that claims that the silver/mercury amalgam fillings may be harmful to pregnant women, children, fetuses and people who are sensitive to mercury exposure. This came out after years of...