White Composite Fillings

 

A composite resin filling also known as a white filling is a tooth colored plastic mixture filled with glass silicon and is a composite quartz resin that usually contains some sort of light sensitive agent.  White Composite fillings tend to be used as an alternative to metal or silver amalgam fillings and are used to treat decay on a portion of a tooth to replace an old silver amalgam filling and to maintain a white smile.  Composite filling have various advantages over conventional fillings.  The composite fillings are best considered for cosmetic reasons as they are tooth colored and are preferred for the front teeth.  However many people, also get them done on back teeth as so to avoid the appearance of silver fillings on opening the mouth.

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The main advantages of Composite Fillings:



• Small cavity cutting is done because the material can flow into small places. As less tooth cutting is done, this leaves your own tooth stronger
• They integrate well with the tooth
• Can be easily fixed if damaged
• Secondary decay is more easy to spot beneath tooth colored (composite ) filling
• They are temperature and electrical insulators and are resistant to extremes of hot and cold
• More natural and attractive choice
• They are more strong and durable
• They bond to the tooth structure well and support the remaining tooth to help prevent breakage
• More aesthetic than any other fillings (eg; amalgam fillings)