White Fillings in Crewe
White Fillings
What is a white filling?
At Middlewich Street Dental Practice, we provide premium, tooth-coloured white fillings (composite fillings) to seamlessly restore the structural integrity, health, and natural beauty of decayed or broken teeth. Utilizing advanced enamel and dentin bonding techniques, these biocompatible dental restorations are meticulously layered to repair structural damage caused by tooth decay or physical injury. White fillings offer a superior, highly aesthetic alternative to traditional silver amalgam fillings, which are visually intrusive and contain mercury. Our lead clinician, Dr. Scott Hall, completed elite postgraduate training at the prestigious Tipton Training Dental Academy in 2016, leading to a Certificate in Cosmetic and Aesthetic Dentistry. Leveraging this extensive background in advanced biomimetic materials, Dr. Hall ensures your dental restorations are completely invisible and exceptionally durable. We proudly offer this safe, mercury-free restorative care to patients looking to enhance their oral health across Crewe, Nantwich, Sandbach, and the surrounding Cheshire areas.
How are teeth filled with composite?
After removing plaque, tartar, decay and any existing filling, the treatment site is cleaned and then dried. To aid the bonding, the tooth surface is etched and coated with a gel and bonding solution. Once prepared, the white filling material is placed into the tooth cavity, or area to be filled, and then moulded to match the tooth contours. A curing light is then used to harden the filling before it is trimmed and polished to look like a natural part of your tooth.
What are direct and indirect white fillings?
There are two types of white filling – direct and indirect – and they are based on when the light is used during the curing procedure. Direct white fillings or dental composites are hardened with a curing light after the white filling material is used to fill the cavity and moulded to match the tooth’s shape. This direct procedure is used for dental treatments such as disguising gaps, tooth-reshaping and fillings. In the indirect procedure, the white filling material is first cured with light in a lab before it is placed within the mouth. This method is used more frequently for larger tooth cavities, reshaping, inlays and onlays, and partial crowns.
What are the risks and benefits of white fillings?
Inherent risks exist in all dental procedures, but the main concern with white fillings is their durability and potential shrinkage. However, new technology and dental procedures are resulting in stronger, longer-lasting and lower-shrinkage white fillings.
The benefits far outweigh such problems, because white fillings:
- Can restore not only teeth cavities caused by decay, but chipped, broken and worn teeth.
- The colour can be harmonised to your normal tooth colour to appear natural, so it isn’t noticeable when you smile.
- May be used as a veneer over stained or discoloured teeth.
- Preparation and treatment requires less time.
- Can be combined with other dental treatments, such as inlays, crowns and bridges.
