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A while back, I met a guy who was going through and having all of his amalgam fillings replaced. I think he was spooked by the mercury. At the time, I was of the mind that if you just left them alone, they wouldn't leach out and do anything bad to you. Besides the mercury, though, the old amalgam fillings apparently can harbor bacteria around and under them more than the composite fillings. And the composite actually bonds to the tooth, so wouldn't have that seepage problem and also it would hold together a tooth that was prone to spreading out and developing a crack. So I'm convinced that composite is better, based on that logic, but not sure it's worth the cost and trouble of replacement. So I figured I'd tap the wisdom here. Anyone have any experience with this topic?