Hi Smitho, any aluminium in dental materials is normally in the form of aluminium oxide. This is a "non metal" and is contained in many things we consume. The only way it could harm is if you are simply getting too much consumption of it and if the dental materials do contain it (many do), it would depend how much of it would leach out of them.

A lot depends on how stable the metals and chemicals are in the material, to whether they become a danger at all by building up too much and/or causing allergic reactions.

You can get toxic by something that builds up too much over time, or you can simply have an ongoing allergic reaction to the material itself. Or both.

So it's hard to say if your materials are a problem. I hope your dentist will tell you what the name is and then if he does, let us know. I can put you onto a guy across email who knows just abut everything contaied in just about all dental materials. He's knows his stuff.

anyway, keep us posted and hope this darned dentist replies. They are a pain in the ..... I get this all the time with them. I'm sure most of them are out of their tree, or basically and simply don't really want to know or deal with questions that make them uncomfortable or annoyed.