Medically reviewed by Brian T. Luong, DMD Key Takeaways Silver amalgam fillings can last about 15 years on average. The FDA ...

(CNN) -- The US Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday that silver dental fillings, known as dental amalgam, may cause health problems for some high-risk groups. The updated FDA guidance said ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Hector Roqueta Rivero via Getty Images Scientists have gotten one step closer to growing ...

Getting a filling is a common dental procedure that is used to treat cavities and protect teeth damaged by tooth decay. There are several types of filling material currently available to repair ...

Teeth might someday repair themselves using their own stem cells -- eliminating the need for conventional fillings, researchers report. Although still in the laboratory stage, a new method tested in ...

No one in their right mind would ever look forward to a filling at the dentist. Why can’t our teeth fix themselves? Maybe they can. At long last, scientists from the University of Nottingham and ...

Dating back at least to the 1980s, experts have debated the safety of metal “amalgam” cavity fillings, which contain a mixture of metals like silver, copper, nickel and—most alarmingly—mercury. The ...

The next time you have a cavity, you may want to weigh your filling options carefully. New research from the University of Georgia suggests that dental fillings made of amalgam—a mixture of mercury, ...

What if a missing tooth could be regrown, not by nature, but in a lab using your own cells? Scientists at King’s College London have found a way to grow living teeth in the lab, bringing this ...

Dentists could soon hang up their drills. A new peptide, embedded in a soft gel or a thin, flexible film and placed next to a cavity, encourages cells inside teeth to regenerate in about a month, ...

Facebook users have been sharing a story that warns the U.S. Food and Drug Administration "finally admits dental fillings are toxic." This post, which was published on Principia Scientific on Dec. 12, ...