Dental Fillings at Smile More Dental Gold coast
Troubled by cavities due to teeth decay in the teeth? More commonly referred to as the hoe in the tooth , dental decay compromises integrity of the tooth structure making a hard tooth surface go chalky first and then softer enamel. This is followed by collapse of the enamel and a brown grey or black hole in the tooth. A filling is a simple solution to fix a disintegrated tooth surface in order to restore health of the tooth and achieve best possible outcome in terms of shape, size and esthetics. Apart from tooth decay , there are other reasons why a dental filling will be needed. For example, many wear facets on the teeth can be repaired with a filling. Boken and chipped teeth also can be repaired with a bonded dental filling.
At our practice Smile More Dental in Pacific Pines, Gold Coast we strive to treat teeth most conservatively, trying to save the tooth for a longterm in the healthiest possible way. At our practice Smile More Dental , we tailor treatment to address specific dental needs on individual basis . As with all the services, our practice provides, our dentist will explin available options, possible outcomes and types of materials for filling that will be most suitable for your dental needs. Dentist will aim at gently removing the dental decay and the damaged tooth structure and then rebuild your tooth's form and function and can further give specific advice on how to prevent decay and damage to teeth.
At our practice Smile More Dental in Pacific Pines, Gold Coast we strive to treat teeth most conservatively, trying to save the tooth for a longterm in the healthiest possible way. At our practice Smile More Dental , we tailor treatment to address specific dental needs on individual basis . As with all the services, our practice provides, our dentist will explin available options, possible outcomes and types of materials for filling that will be most suitable for your dental needs. Dentist will aim at gently removing the dental decay and the damaged tooth structure and then rebuild your tooth's form and function and can further give specific advice on how to prevent decay and damage to teeth.
Simple Filling Today, Complex Procedure Tomorrow: Don't Delay Dental Care
Due to lack of pain and no apparent symptoms of any discomfort in intitial pahses of having a dental cavity or a hole in the tooth, treatment for dental decay can some time feel not so urgent. But teeth are structured in such a way that pain and discomfort or ache hits only after decay has advanced to such an extent that the tooth cannot be treated with simple filling any longer. things have gone to far by the time tooth starts aching. That break in he tooth or a whole you noticed a month ago, is too advanced now and tooth requires complex treatment before it can be restored for shape and size and aesthetics. Delaying dental treatment only makes it worse, more complicated to treat, more time consuming and more expensive. A decayed tooth does not get better on its own. It can only get worse quitely until it starts to get sore and ache one day.
At Smile More Dental in Pacific Pines Gold Coast, if you come with with more than one tooth that needs a filling, we can priritise the most urgent ones to be filled first to try our level best to minimise progression of the tooth decay to further stage and avoid costly extensive and expensivedental treatments. Our goal is to maintain your teeth for a long term and avoid need for future complicated dental treatments or possible need for extractions and loss of teeth.
Types of Fillings available
Composite resinComposite resin is a tooth-coloured material or white. It is possible to match its color to that of your other teeth. The filling substance, composite resin, is cemented to your tooth. Getting a composite filling involves removing a tiny portion of your natural tooth.
Glass-ionomer cementGlass-ionomer cement can also be tooth-colored or white. It is less robust than resin composites. You might use glass-ionomer cement as a temporary filler. Fissure sealing is just one of its many more uses. Amalgam fillings Amalgam fillings are still considered by the dental science, to be a safe and durable choice of filling materials when placed according to guidelines and teeth prepared well to receive them for durability . Due to colour differences and rising demand for aesthetic fillings with colour matching they are not in as much demand these days and most patients wish to have tooth coloured dental fillings.
Gold and porcelain fillingsPorcelain and gold are durable filling materials. The color of porcelain fillings can be coordinated with that of your natural teeth. Gold fillings are incredibly durable and robust. Molar teeth can be treated using them. A gold or porcelain filling may require two consultations since they are custom-made in a dental laboratory to fit your tooth. These are not fabricated directly in the mouth or in the tooth. they are fabricated in the lab outside of the mouth on a replica of your tooth and then bonded to your tooth once ready.
Glass-ionomer cementGlass-ionomer cement can also be tooth-colored or white. It is less robust than resin composites. You might use glass-ionomer cement as a temporary filler. Fissure sealing is just one of its many more uses. Amalgam fillings Amalgam fillings are still considered by the dental science, to be a safe and durable choice of filling materials when placed according to guidelines and teeth prepared well to receive them for durability . Due to colour differences and rising demand for aesthetic fillings with colour matching they are not in as much demand these days and most patients wish to have tooth coloured dental fillings.
Gold and porcelain fillingsPorcelain and gold are durable filling materials. The color of porcelain fillings can be coordinated with that of your natural teeth. Gold fillings are incredibly durable and robust. Molar teeth can be treated using them. A gold or porcelain filling may require two consultations since they are custom-made in a dental laboratory to fit your tooth. These are not fabricated directly in the mouth or in the tooth. they are fabricated in the lab outside of the mouth on a replica of your tooth and then bonded to your tooth once ready.
How is a filling done
A dentist will first decide if the filling is a required form of treatment for the defect the tooth has. When a dentist gives you a filling, he or she removes the decayed tooth material, cleans the affected area, and then fills the cleaned-out cavity with a filling material. This is mainly done under a local aesthetic before the procedure so you do not feel any pain.
By closing off spaces where bacteria can enter, a filling also helps prevent further decay. Filling will also prevent the decay from spreading to the pulp or nerve of the tooth, thus preventing a toothache and tooth infection.
In modern-day dentistry, tooth-colored bonded materials are mostly used as filling materials. But what will work the best will depend on what tooth needs repair, how far the decay has destroyed the tooth, whether you have any allergies to any materials, and the cost. Tooth-colored fillings, when bonded well, increase the strength of the tooth, prevent the propagation of small crack lines, and prevent them from turning into fractures.
Tooth-colored fillings, or white fillings as we call them, are either made of composite or porcelain. Your dentist can directly place a composite filling in the tooth in a single visit, but placing a porcelain filling may require two visits, and the costs may differ vastly.
By closing off spaces where bacteria can enter, a filling also helps prevent further decay. Filling will also prevent the decay from spreading to the pulp or nerve of the tooth, thus preventing a toothache and tooth infection.
In modern-day dentistry, tooth-colored bonded materials are mostly used as filling materials. But what will work the best will depend on what tooth needs repair, how far the decay has destroyed the tooth, whether you have any allergies to any materials, and the cost. Tooth-colored fillings, when bonded well, increase the strength of the tooth, prevent the propagation of small crack lines, and prevent them from turning into fractures.
Tooth-colored fillings, or white fillings as we call them, are either made of composite or porcelain. Your dentist can directly place a composite filling in the tooth in a single visit, but placing a porcelain filling may require two visits, and the costs may differ vastly.