Should I worry about the Bisphenol A in my composite dental filling?

Question

It is on the back of my front tooth, so it gets constantly scraped by my lower front teeth, and I'm afraid of all the Bisphenol A invariably leaching out from this friction causing damage to my body, or bioaccumulating to later cause me cancer. I've dismissed the possibility of having it dentally removed, because the process of drilling it out would, unfortunately, expose me to much more vast and dangerous quantities of the chemical, and so by this juncture, I'm actually starting to hinge to thoughts of pulling out my own tooth with plyers. Can anyone console me with some scientific knowledge, here? What should I do? Is the Bisphenol A in the filling anything to be concerned about?

Answer 1

No.  Bis-A is used to *soften* plastic.  Your filling would need to be plastic, and there would need to be some reason to soften, rather than harden it.  

The quantity of Bis-A in a filling would have to be small, even if it were completely made of plastic.  You would be at greater risk from plastic water bottles, blood transfusion tubes, TV dinners, and many other things.

Adults may be relatively immune to the effects of Bis-A.  

As a hormone-like substance, I don't think Bis-A bio-accumulates.  The *fat* might.  

*Mercury* in the filling may be another matter.