CAVITY FILLINGS

About Composite Cavity Fillings

Composite cavity fillings are tooth-colored fillings designed to repair decayed, cracked, or fractured teeth. Resin-based composites have been used since the 1960s to restore decayed, cracked, or fractured teeth, benefiting patients according to their cavity. These resin-based composites are very effective for filling small-scale cavities.

Why Get Cavity Fillings?

When restoring your fractured or decayed teeth, you have a couple of choices to restore natural-looking teeth. Composite cavity fillings can change teeth color, repair chipped or decayed teeth, close teeth gaps, and make cosmetic improvements. The benefits of composite fillings include:

• Improve aesthetic look by matching teeth color and appearance
• Restore natural-looking teeth without removing the teeth structure
• Bond directly to the teeth, which makes your teeth greater strength and long-lasting
• Harden within a couple of seconds
• Requires less drilling, which is painless and more comfortable

Composite Cavity Fillings Procedure

The procedure for composite cavity fillings is straightforward and can be done in just one appointment. At Kremer Dental Care, we check the condition of your teeth and remove necessary decay. After that, we clean your teeth thoroughly to prepare for the filling. Among several composite fillings procedures, the most used procedure consists of:

• Preparing the teeth through drilling and trimming, shade selecting, and cleaning
• Etching acid on the tooth's surface
• Applying liquid synthetic on the etched tooth surface
• Creating and applying composite fillings
• Curing the composite restoration 
• Shaping and polishing