What services are available to help repair your unhealthy tooth? If chemical or physical erosion damages the protective enamel layer, it must be resealed to prevent further injuries. By placing a tooth-colored filling, we can reinforce your tooth’s strength while maintaining its bright white appearance. While metal amalgam fillings of old left quite the imprint… Continue reading Repairing Your Smile With Tooth-Colored Fillings
Category: Composite Fillings Dallas
What A Composite Filling Does For Your Tooth
What can you expect in terms of treatment for an unhealthy tooth? Unfortunately, while our teeth are protected by their enamel, damage that does occur can lead to permanent vulnerabilities. To protect the tooth structure, your Dallas, TX dentist will provide a restoration that covers the affected area. One way we can do this is… Continue reading What A Composite Filling Does For Your Tooth
Composite Fillings: A Complete Guide
When you have to get a filling, you might have a host of questions, particularly if you’re getting a composite filling. You might want to know just what a composite filling is and how it differs from a regular filling. This complete guide will answer all of your questions about composite fillings. What is a… Continue reading Composite Fillings: A Complete Guide
Restorative Dentistry: The Benefits of Composite Fillings
Dental work doesn’t have to be obvious or unsightly. Composite fillings make it possible to enjoy the protection that restorations provide without affecting the appearance of your smile. If you have a cavity or two that require treatment, you might be surprised to learn how beneficial composite fillings are to your oral health. What is… Continue reading Restorative Dentistry: The Benefits of Composite Fillings
Do Composite Fillings Last as Long as Metal Fillings?
Patients who need to have a cavity filled usually are faced with a choice between tooth-colored composite fillings or amalgam (metal) restorations. The different materials have distinct qualities, so it’s important for patients to decide which factors are most important in their treatment decision. For example, although composite materials have improved dramatically over the years,… Continue reading Do Composite Fillings Last as Long as Metal Fillings?
When are composite fillings recommended?
Have you been told that you have a cavity? Perhaps you suspect that you have developed tooth decay and realize it is time to see a dentist. When it comes to treating minor tooth decay, a filling is the go-to method for protecting tooth structure by preventing decay from deepening and reinforcing external tooth structure… Continue reading When are composite fillings recommended?
Are composite fillings durable?
Many patients prefer composite fillings over amalgam ones because the former restorations are tooth-colored and don’t detract from the smile, like noticeably dark metal ones do. Additionally, the composite fillings are mercury-free, which is important to some patients, as mercury has toxic properties. However, in the past, there has been some question about the durability… Continue reading Are composite fillings durable?
Alternatives to Mercury Fillings
Have you been told that you need a filling? Do you fear having noticeable dental work? While amalgam fillings were the most common type of restoration in the past, there are alternatives to metal dental work that look incredibly natural. Composite fillings are a popular alternative to amalgam because they are tooth-colored and biocompatible with… Continue reading Alternatives to Mercury Fillings
Tips to Prevent Tooth Decay
Tooth decay is a serious oral health issue that can result in the need for composite fillings or even more advanced and invasive interventions. In order to avoid the need for such treatments, we try to educate our patients on actions that they can take to prevent tooth decay. Here are a few of our… Continue reading Tips to Prevent Tooth Decay
Benefits of Composite Fillings
Composite fillings are one of the most popular ways to address tooth decay. Used to treat small cavities, composite fillings offer patients some unique benefits when compared to dark, metal fillings of the past. Our dentist offers composite resin fillings for a number of reasons. These restorations are natural looking, durable, and don’t require as… Continue reading Benefits of Composite Fillings