Looking for a new dentist.  (I'm sorry I'm too far away from SB!)   I see a
couple advertising the use of something called a Diagnodent for detecting
decay.  Is this a true advance, or is it hyped up? Can this actually help
detect decay underneath composit fillings?

About nine months ago I foolishly let a factory-style dentist replace
amalgam fillings with resin in seven of my upper teeth.  (I wasn't against
amalgam - he just said the fillings needed to be replaced and used resin as
a matter of course.)

Are Silver fillings the same as Amalgam fillings?  If not, what is the
difference?

I went to the dentist yesterday and he had me take a panaroma xray. He
placed a lead protection vest covering my entire front of the body
with short flaps over the shoulders. but today, i realized that the
xray was coming from around the back of my head (ear to ear) and

About a week ago I had a resin filling replaced on #5. The dentist put some
"medication" underneath the filling (Calcium Hydroxide maybe?)  Anyway, that
tooth feels fine, but #4 and #3 (which also have resin fillings) are
starting to really hurt and it actually looks like they ...

I had an exam recently, the dentist spotted a
tooth with a few "small" fractures, extending proximal
to distal.  He recommended a filling; that is, drill
out the damaged area, then fill it, like a cavity.

What do you guys think of this? Do you think it holds any real promise?
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2006/06/28/teeth-grow.html