Scientifically speaking, white fillings are safer for your smile in that they’re less invasive to your tooth. The tooth coloured resin bonds closely with your enamel, making it possible to set on smoother areas of teeth.
Today’s tooth coloured fillings offer tremendous advantages over the silver ones used in the past.
Since white fillings do not require additional tooth alteration, they help to maximise and preserve as much healthy structure as possible.
Although white fillings aren’t necessarily a cosmetic dentistry treatment, they offer an aesthetic advantage over silver restorations. Dr Mark Chung (Dentist) can use them anywhere throughout your smile without detracting from its overall appearance.
Composite resin comes in a variety of different colours, allowing us to select the one that best matches your teeth. When placed, it’s difficult to tell the difference between your restoration and the enamel around it.
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Tooth Coloured Fillings
To Choose Us
Let Dr Chung know if you’re experiencing any of these common symptoms of tooth decay:
1. Sensitivity when you eat or drink
2. Rough edges on a particular tooth
3. Food getting stuck when you eat
4. Pain when you bite down
5. Visible darkening and discoloration
During your exam, we’ll evaluate your tooth and take a small X-ray to determine the extent of the decay to see if a white filling is appropriate.
Composite dental fillings are minimally invasive to teeth and bond directly to your enamel. Available in a variety of shades, we can select one that closely matches the natural colour of your teeth. They are mercury-free and more conservative in size than conventional silver fillings.
Untreated tooth decay can continue to spread deeper into the tooth for as long as it’s left alone. Unless it’s intercepted early, more aggressive tooth damage will occur. Placing a small filling today can eliminate the need for something more complex — like a root canal or crown — several months down the road.
Getting a dental filling is a fairly straightforward process. First, we’ll gently numb the tooth so that you’ll only feel a bit of pressure. Next, the decay is cleaned out. Then Dr Chung matches the composite to your tooth and shapes it into the void, filling in the open space and restoring the shape of the tooth. Once your filling is cured, it blends in with the natural colour of your smile.
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