Many patients have silver amalgam fillings in back teeth. Amalgam obviously in no way mimics the natural colour of teeth. For this reason many patients choose to replace silver fillings with tooth coloured restorations or have tooth coloured restorations when they need a filling. In front teeth we always use tooth coloured materials and crowns can be made in tooth coloured materials. This page therefore largely deals with tooth coloured restorations for back teeth.
This is a white filling material which is placed directly into a cavity in the surgery. It has the advantage of requiring only one appointment and great aesthetics can be achieved. Unsightly silver amalgams can be replaced by composite fillings in one easy appointment.
Inlays are white ceramic restorations or composite fillings which have been made in the laboratory. With new technology it is now possible to place an inlay where we would have once had to place a crown .This has many advantages including the fact that inlays conserve much more tooth structure than crowns and are cheaper. They are hardwearing and look good too !
Many patients have silver amalgam fillings in back teeth. Amalgam obviously in no way mimics the natural colour of teeth. For this reason many patients choose to replace silver fillings with tooth coloured restorations or have tooth coloured restorations when they need a filling. In front teeth we always use tooth coloured materials and crowns can be made in tooth coloured materials. This page therefore largely deals with tooth coloured restorations for back teeth.
