Amalgam has been used filling as dental material for cavities for the past 150 years. It's also called silver filling, mercury filling...

The decay was so close to the pulp (nerve), almost touched! Eventually we managed to remove all the dental caries and do a dental filling...

Symptoms: Tooth felt sensitive. Food got impacted between teeth. Problems: Defective filling with marginal leakage and open contact...

This patient walked in complaining of sore gum and food impacted between teeth. On examination, it showed a defective composite resin...