Comments on: Changing Amalgam Fillings http://www.dentistforum.co.uk/amalgam-fillings/changing-amalgam-fillings/ NHS and Private Dental Treatment | Dental Treatment Abroad | Dental Information Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Dental Implants Abroad http://www.dentistforum.co.uk/amalgam-fillings/changing-amalgam-fillings/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Dental Implants Abroad Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:29:03 +0000 http://dentistforum.co.uk/?p=38#comment-109 Other precautions that can be taken when removing amalgam fillings are a nose mask for breathing oxygen and a rubber dam. A rubber dam isolates the tooth being worked on. It is believed that the rubber dam can protect the patient from breathing mercury vapor in through the mouth. A nasal hood can be provided through which a patient can breathe an alternative air source. The patient should be instructed to breathe through the nose and avoid breathing through the mouth while amalgam fillings are being removed. To decrease the amount of vapor, fillings are cut out in chunks as opposed to grinding them out. The consensus is not to remove mercury amalgam fillings during a pregnancy or during nursing. Other precautions that can be taken when removing amalgam fillings are a nose mask for breathing oxygen and a rubber dam. A rubber dam isolates the tooth being worked on. It is believed that the rubber dam can protect the patient from breathing mercury vapor in through the mouth.
A nasal hood can be provided through which a patient can breathe an alternative air source. The patient should be instructed to breathe through the nose and avoid breathing through the mouth while amalgam fillings are being removed.

To decrease the amount of vapor, fillings are cut out in chunks as opposed to grinding them out.

The consensus is not to remove mercury amalgam fillings during a pregnancy or during nursing.

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