Fillings

Dental Fillings Gardnerville, NV

For hundreds of years, dental fillings have been used to restore teeth. Dental fillings are placed in teeth where a dentist has had to remove tooth structure due to decay or fracture. In recent years filling materials have been substantially improved by many technological advancements. Although silver amalgam was the dominant choice years ago, today we have several other preferred options for tooth restoration including tooth colored composite filling materials and cementable resins and porcelains.

Tooth-Colored Fillings

Newer dental fillings include ceramic and plastic compounds that mimic the appearance of natural teeth. These compounds, often called composite resins, are usually used on the front teeth where a natural appearance is important, but they can also be used on the back teeth depending on the location and extent of the tooth decay.

Tooth-colored fillings, also called cosmetic or composite fillings, can help restore your damaged teeth and provide cosmetic beauty. Placed by your Gardnerville dentist, this type of filling is an excellent choice for repairing a tooth. Teeth that are chipped, cracked, decayed, damaged, stained, or discolored can all benefit from a cosmetic filling.

Decayed teeth require fillings to restore strength
and health of natural teeth.

 
Filling materials is shaped to match the look
and feel of natural teeth. Traditionally, silver or
amalgam material has been the filling of choice.

The decayed portion of the tooth is removed 

from the sound tooth structure.

 
Today, many modern materials can be used to 

mimic the color and texture of natural teeth.