Restoring your smile, preserving your health with mercury-free dentistry services

Mercury Free Dentistry in Beverly Hills CA area

Drs. Frank Vidjak and Fanny Yacaman, as a prosthodontist and endodontist, respectively, are known for providing exceptional cosmetic and restorative dentistry services to elevate the health and beauty of your smile. In fact, we are considered to be a destination for world-class expertise and capabilities in Southern California. However, Beverly Hills Advanced Specialties of Dentistry in Beverly Hills, California, is also a destination for mercury-free services.

What are mercury-free services?

This distinction is reserved for dental practices and specialty centers not using dental amalgam. Dentists have used amalgam to repair cavities for more than 100 years. These fillings strengthen weakened teeth, restoring their health and structure. However, amalgam contains mercury, a known toxin.

How much mercury is in these fillings?

These fillings are often called “silver,” due to their color. Amalgams are a combination of metals, and silver only makes up a small portion of the filling. The average amalgam filling is estimated to contain 50% mercury by weight. Since toxins like mercury are associated with various health ailments and conditions, we avoid using these and other toxic materials and products. Amalgam is considered a mercury exposure, and this toxin can accumulate in organs and tissues throughout the body due to dental work.

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Contact Dr. Yacaman: (310) 861-3955 | Contact Dr. Vidjak: (310) 878-6455
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How do you repair cavities?

Our specialists only use non-toxic, tissue-friendly (biocompatible) dental materials – and that goes for all of our treatments, not just for procedures designed to repair cavities and rebuild teeth. Our approach is to use metal-free materials instead, avoiding the risk of adverse reactions and sensitivities among our patients with metal allergies. Additionally, metals like amalgam do not have a place in any treatment performed by Dr. Vidjak for cosmetic reasons. As a highly-respected prosthodontist, he would never place fillings, inlays, crowns, and other restorations that look any less than naturally- and brilliantly-stunning. He takes great care to rebuild teeth in a way that doesn’t look like “dental work,” and that complements your features so well that no one notices anything other than your beautiful smile.

What can I expect from treatment?

The process generally involves preparing, fabricating, and placing materials like ceramics and composite resin that are as healthy as they are aesthetically pleasing. For instance, you may benefit from dental porcelain. This ceramic does a terrific job of mimicking the natural properties of enamel, including how it reflects light. In fact, porcelain may be better than the “real thing,” due to how it resists staining. Porcelain is not just a thing of beauty but also highly durable. It can last for the rest of your life if you take good care of your mouth. Lastly, the materials we use can be placed where minimal natural, healthy tissue is removed. By preserving as much natural structure as possible, we support the most lifelike appearance, feel, function, and durability.

Looking for Mercury Free Dentistry Services in Beverly Hills, CA?

You probably have many other questions about mercury in “silver” fillings – and Beverly Hills Advanced Specialties of Dentistry welcomes them! Call (310) 861-3955 to speak with a member of our team in Beverly Hills, CA, today.

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The skilled doctors at our practice are Frank M. A. Vidjak, DDS, MSEd and Fanny Yacaman, DDS, MSEd, MS.

Dr. Vidjak has been a prosthodontist for over two decades, with his private practice in Beverly Hills from 1989. A USC School of Dentistry graduate, he completed his specialty training in prosthodontics and an MS in Medical Education at USC where he also taught the School of Dentistry. He was its Clinical Director of the Advanced Prosthodontic Program and International Student Program too.

Dr. Yacaman received her DDS from the University Technologica of Mexico and served the clinical faculty in Endodontics at Unitec. She practiced Endodontics in Mexico City for over 10 years. She has an advanced specialty certificate in Advanced Microscopic Endodontics and Microsurgery and a Master of Science in Medical Education from the USC and has been a Clinical Faculty member at the UCLA School of Dentistry Department of Endodontics for more than 15 years. She specializes in Root Resorption treatment, having researched on External Root Resorption for over 15 years for a Master’s in Craniofacial Molecular Biology at USC’s Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology. She is one of four Endodontists in United States that can treat Root Resorption. She is a local and international lecturer in Endodontics and Microsurgery and has received many awards and has published articles in the area.