Few Types of Cavity Filling A Dentist Will Offer

The cavities filling process can be fairly straightforward and a simple procedure and you can get it done from any dentist in your neighbourhood.

All that you can expect is to take appointment of your dentist and spend around an hour at his clinic. This will give him sufficient time to take your x-rays if required, discuss with you regarding the procedure and then complete all the dental work.

Your dentist will also numb your teeth before filling cavities, gums and also surrounding skin for avoiding and reducing your discomfort during the process. Next, he will drill out all the decay present in your tooth to replace it with filling. This process takes just a few minutes.

After you are done, then probably your mouth will remain numb at least for few more hours.

You will get wide varieties of materials that are used for filling your cavities and they may vary in their strength and colour. However, amalgam and composite are the 2 most common types that are used by Hornsby dental.

Few others are also mentioned as below:

Amalgam fillings

For more than century, amalgam filling was under use by most of the dental professionals as it is one of the most researched materials used for the purpose of filling the cavities.

Amalgam fillings usually are strong and hence they are ideal for filling our cavities in back of our mouth, like in our molars, where chewing will generally take place.

As they are made out of various combination of many different metallic elements, these amalgam fillings can always be noticeable while you will laugh or smile. All these fillings can be among least expensive among all the cavity-filling materials available.

Composite fillings

Often these are referred as composites or also filled resins. As these fillings will feature combination of quartz or glass filler and it can be made in order to match with the colour of our tooth.

These composite fillings are quite durable and ideal for any small-to-mid-size restorations in the areas of our mouth which perform moderate chewing activity.

Metals

Silver or gold or any amalgam are one of the most commonly used metals available for our cavity filling. Any gold fillings may cost almost 10 times more as compared to silver amalgam fillings.

However, few people prefer golden appearance more than silver fillings when they look for durability of metal. Few people also do not like the metal fillings appearance, but metal fillings may last almost ten to fifteen years before there will be any need for replacement.

Ceramic

Ceramic cavity fillings are usually made out of porcelain, which is tooth-coloured, and it will be very less likely to display any tooth stains over a period of time than any composite cavity filling.

However, price is one factor, and ceramic filling may be almost equally expensive like gold cavity fillings.

Glass Ionomer

For creating cavity filling, this blend of glass and acrylic is used for creating a cavity filling which releases fluoride in order to protect teeth.

However, glass ionomer type of cavity filling will be less durable than any other types, which may need replacement after every 5 years.