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Old 11-26-2013, 12:01 PM   #1
Big Sarge
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Originally Posted by glatt View Post
Hmm. Modern dentistry is expensive. $400 for that fancy filling. I think the old mercury ones would have been cheaper. He didn't even give me the option, but I also didn't ask. He's a good guy and I bet he would have given me a mercury filling if I had asked for one.
I had a crown made from amalgam after a tooth broke during my last deployment. it worked great until I got home and had a porcelain crown put on. now it keeps breaking and I have had it replaced 3 times. currently it is just a broken stub
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