Tooth Colored Fillings - White Fillings

Composite Fillings - White Tooth Colored Fillings

When you need a small tooth filling but don't want ugly silver in your teeth, direct resin or white (tooth colored) fillings are the best option. Their most obvious advantage is beauty - a well-done white filling can be indistinguishable from the natural tooth. White fillings have many advantages. They can change the appearance of your teeth, strengthen your teeth, and more conservatively treat teeth - all things that silver fillings just cannot do.

White fillings are bonded to tooth structure - this means that they actually integrate with the tooth, thereby sealing the gap between tooth and filling and adding their strength to the tooth. This allows for the more varied uses of resin beyond just regular fillings - like placing thin layers over front teeth to change their color, shape or general appearance; or repairing small chips or fractures in teeth; or even being placed in the grooves of teeth to prevent decay from ever occurring. Bonded white fillings are an extremely beautiful advance in the creation of fantastic and healthy smiles.

 

For more information about white fillings or to schedule an appointment with our Westerville OH dental office, please call us today at (614) 882-4032.