{"id":156,"date":"2013-05-03T11:13:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T11:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dental-design.co.uk\/client_area\/total-dental-care\/public_html\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2014-03-19T17:45:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T17:45:54","slug":"amalgam-fillings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nwlsmilecentre.co.uk\/kilburn\/dental-treatments\/amalgam-fillings\/","title":{"rendered":"Amalgam Fillings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-right\"><span id=\"player1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\">Get the Flash Player<\/a> to see this player.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Dental amalgam is the traditional silver-coloured filling we  are all familiar with. Although there is mercury in dental amalgam, once it is  combined with the other materials in the amalgam filling its chemical nature is  changed rendering it harmless. Research into the safety of dental amalgam has  been carried out for over a century and to date, no trustworthy controlled  studies have found a connection between amalgam fillings and any medical  problem.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst  composite (tooth coloured) fillings are becoming more popular, amalgam fillings  represent the most durable and long-lasting form of filling available. (Apart  from gold fillings which are more expensive.) <\/p>\n<p>Amalgam fillings are the only type of filling  provided through the NHS &ndash; composite fillings are considered to be &lsquo;cosmetic&rsquo;  and therefore must be paid for. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the Flash Player to see this player. Dental amalgam is the traditional silver-coloured filling we are all familiar with. Although there is mercury in dental amalgam, once it is combined with the other materials in the amalgam filling its chemical nature is changed rendering it harmless. Research into the safety of dental amalgam has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":679,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-killburn.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlsmilecentre.co.uk\/kilburn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlsmilecentre.co.uk\/kilburn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlsmilecentre.co.uk\/kilburn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlsmilecentre.co.uk\/kilburn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlsmilecentre.co.uk\/kilburn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlsmilecentre.co.uk\/kilburn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":818,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlsmilecentre.co.uk\/kilburn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions\/818"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlsmilecentre.co.uk\/kilburn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlsmilecentre.co.uk\/kilburn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}