Dental fillings

Dental fillings at Healthy Smiles of Abington is a fast and comfortable restoration of performance and integrity of healthy teeth. Dental fillings are the top requested type of dental services. Dental fillings may restore the initial shape of a tooth and recover its full performance. Dental fillings of the tooth’s coronal section is typically easy and single-stage process.

INDICATIONS FOR DENTAL FILLINGS

  • Dental caries
  • Loss of an old filling
  • Mechanical injury of a tooth
  • Early diagnosis only visible through X-Ray during routine exams

AS A RESULT OF DENTAL FILLINGS, YOU WILL GET:

Comfortable and painless dental filling process

Retaining all functions of the filled tooth

Perfect color matching and shape of the filling

TYPES OF FILLINGS

Fillings are put for a long term and are made of more durable and flexible materials. Service life of such a filling is anywhere from 1 to 20 or more years. Since fillings are used to treat chipping and other tooth injuries, it is very important to replicate the contours of a natural tooth, so that the filling would not bother or cause discomfort.


As of today, composite fillings are the most popular, as they have a variety of colors. This allows dental professional to choose a filling that is fully matched to a tooth by color. Aside from that, composite material dries when exposed to special curing light, thus allowing to easier replicate a perfect surface of a tooth.

DENTAL FILLING PROCEDURE

1. Anesthesia
2. Cleaning of the filling area from caries. If tooth caries is not fully removed at this stage, it would continue to develop under the filling.
3. Treatment of the tooth surface to remove microbes and bacteria.
4. Drying of the working surface.
5. Insertion of pins etc. (in case of severe destruction of a tooth)
6. Application of filling (the process is carried out by special steps depending on the selected material)
7. Recreation of the anatomic shape of the tooth and polishing of filling.

The filled tooth does not require any special care; it is sufficient to follow oral hygiene and schedule regular dental checkups and cleanings at a minimum of every six months.

WHY HEALTHY SMILES OF ABINGTON?

  • Fast and reliable service
  • Advanced equipment
  • Innovative techniques and technologies
  • Friendly staff
  • Experienced and skilled specialists
  • Excellent service
  • Treatment warranty
  • Fair prices