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Old 06-26-2017, 11:14 AM
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Replacing metal fillings is usually unnecessary but you can have a radiograph taken and they can use different light refractions to see if the filling is indeed leaking. Metal fillings stay in place by a mechanical lock, plastic fillings are glued in place. Both can fail but I think the odds of glue failing is higher.
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