Important Fact About Composite Fillings
Dental fillings The St James Dental Group
• Dental fillings were never aesthetic years ago. Dental fillings used to only be made from a material called amalgam (silver filling).
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Don’t think silver The St James Dental Group
• Dentists use this for one and a half century that when people think about fillings, they think silver.
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Amalgam The St James Dental Group
• Amalgam is known for its durability and restorative properties but never for beauty. But this is no longer the case today.
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Composite resin The St James Dental Group
• Composite resin came into the picture of dental fillings and now offers you an option other than amalgam.
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Tooth-colored restorations The St James Dental Group
• Composite resins or fillings also known as tooth-colored restorations are an ‘invisible’ dental filling as it is matched to the color of your teeth.
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Your teeth restored The St James Dental Group
• This enables you to have your teeth restored without being noticeable. This was first used in the world of dentistry around 1960.
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Plastic and filled with glass The St James Dental Group
• The composite resin was fabricated from a mixture of plastic and filled with glass (silicon dioxide).
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The composite resin The St James Dental Group
• At first, the composite resin was placed only to restore front teeth, because they were not strong enough to use for chewing.
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More flexible and stronger The St James Dental Group
• However, over the years, composite resins were made more flexible and stronger, aside from its natural appearance.
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Uses of composite resins: The St James Dental Group
• Uses of composite resins: 1- Tooth Decay 2- Chipped or broken teeth
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Uses of composite resins: The St James Dental Group
• Uses of composite resins: 3- Gaps between teeth 4- Replace old silver fillings containing mercury
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For your sensitive teeth The St James Dental Group
• There is more to these fillings than just amalgam replacement. They are good for sensitive teeth too.
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Amalgam fillings The St James Dental Group
• Now, your tooth structure can stay intact unlike with the amalgam fillings that can never hold the tooth as composite fillings can, because they are bonded to the tooth.
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If it’s chipped or damaged The St James Dental Group
• Another great advantage of composite resin is that it can be fixed if they got chipped or damaged, unlike amalgam where it would have to be completely removed and replaced.
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