Composite fillings
(tooth coloured)
If a tooth is decayed or broken, it needs to be repaired. After removing decay, the cavity (hole) is filled with material to recreate the tooth.
Traditionally, silver fillings were used, but this material contains mercury, (a highly toxic material), is unnatural and unsightly in appearance and can corrode and expand, causing fractures in the tooth.
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Composite as alternative to silver amalgam
Leaking decayed silver filling
Removal of silver filling reveals fractures
We use composite resin. This material recreates the natural appearance of a tooth and is free of mercury. The composite also ‘glues’ the tooth together, strengthening it, unlike silver amalgam which does not bond to the tooth.
Silver fillings do not bond to the tooth, however composite fillings bond and strengthen the tooth.
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