Fillings or Restorations?

Filling or restorations what’s the difference? What do you want in your teeth?

You may have had your teeth filled in the past; yes that’s the metal silver looking stuff. It is actually 50% mercury which alloys with silver and other metals like copper at mouth temperature. We call it a filling because it does just that it fills the hole in your tooth.

At Smile Style we restore damaged and decayed teeth with natural shade resins and ceramics. Instead of looking dark and grey with these materials we can make your teeth look like new. Even more important is these materials are bonded (glued) to your teeth so the strength of your tooth is also re-establish. They also are mercury free.

Other advantages of bonding resins to teeth is, less tooth has to be removed than with a metal filling. This is because metal fillings are held in place by under cutting, like dovetails in wood work or placing screws. Bonding means screws are not needed to hold in the restoration and we can simple focus just on removing the disease and not cutting extra valuable tooth away just to hold the filling in place. This makes the treatment more conservative and because they are cured (set) before you leave once the numbness has warn off you are ok to gently eat on them straight away unlike the metal ones which need to be allowed to set over night.

Here at http://www.smilestyledentist.co.uk/ we love making teeth look like teeth and giving back smiles to people. If you are interested in getting your teeth restored and not just filled then we can help you.

If you have any questions about your dental health please email me Richard at smile.style@btconnect.com

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