Composites or White Fillings

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Tooth-colored fillings are a much stronger and more attractive alternative to silver amalgam fillings. By precisely matching tooth-colored composite fillings with the natural color of your teeth, a skilled cosmetic dentist is able to provide you with fillings that are almost invisible.

One of the drawbacks of silver amalgam fillings is that they are not actually bonded to the tooth, making them more susceptible to recurring decay. Amalgam fillings also expand and contract, which continually "flexes" the tooth, often creating cracks or fractures in the base of the tooth over time.

The new aesthetic composite materials are actually bonded to the tooth. That refers to a chemical and micro-mechanical technique that strongly binds or bonds the material to the surrounding tooth structure. The resulting restoration restores not only function and beauty, but returns much of the original strength to the tooth. It has been shown that a large silver filling can reduce the strength of a tooth up to 70%, while bonded aesthetic fillings can return the tooth to near its original strength.