Minimally invasive dentistry?

What's that supposed to mean? Well in the olden days, we often needed to trim teeth down to almost nothing before we could effectively crown them. A crown needed to entirely encase the tooth to allow it to stay on. This is very destructive to the tooth.
Now however, given the right circumstances, we can remove the affected portion of the tooth and bond on a 'lid'. This is hard wearing, tooth coloured and we have been minimal on our invasion into the tooth. Here's my example of Mr T. who needs strong teeth as he regularly gets crazed squirrels throwing themselves at his window whilst he works! (but that's another story) .

Did you know that silver amalgam fillings contain at least 50% mercury?

It's so difficult to 'prove' the toxic effects of mercury that it seems to be enough justification for dentists to continue to place them in patients mouths.
I've found a good link to the wonderful wikipedia on the 'dental amalgam controversy'.
We have never placed amalgam fillings at Warlingham, and we have special filters to capture the amalgam and mercury residues to prevent them poisoning the water supply.
FInd out more about 'The Warlingham Green Bio Dentistry System'