Fillings

Tooth-Colored Fillings:
If you're embarrassed about your smile because of decay or dark fillings in your teeth, you may be a good candidate for composite resins.

A silicon dioxide-filled, tooth-colored plastic mixture, composite resins can restore teeth to an attractive, healthy state. Composite resins represent several advantages over traditional silver, or amalgam, fillings.

Because composite resins are not made of metal, we can blend and mix shades to find the perfect color to match your natural teeth. This means only you and your dentist will know you have fillings.

Another pro is that the tooth/composite bond actually supports the remaining tooth structure, deterring breakage and insulating against temperature changes. Medium and small composites can last seven to ten years – that’s as long as the tried and true amalgams.

Best of all, composite resins allow us to keep more of your natural tooth structure intact than amalgams. We believe in conservative dentistry – the more natural tooth structure you keep, the better teeth you’ll likely have in the future.

Mercury-Free Fillings:
We are a mercury-free practice. Some people still have silver/mercury fillings in their mouths from the past and these fillings are not particularly pleasing to the eye. We know that by unavoidable design, silver/mercury fillings result in a weaker tooth structure.

These new tooth-colored restorations are aesthetically pleasing and very strong because of new bonding technologies. Tooth-colored fillings create fillings that are not only beautiful but they are unnoticeable and also add strength to weakened teeth.

We are a mercury-free practice because there are several disadvantages to silver fillings.

• The edges of the silver filling can wear down, become weak or even break.
• With age, the metal of a silver filling can expand, contract and split.
• This will result in the tooth not being protected and lets cavities get started again.

The good news is that these silver fillings can safely be replaced with tooth-colored fillings.