Tooth Coloured Fillings

Are you self-conscious about your unsightly old amalgam (silver) fillings?

Alternatively, if the aesthetics don’t bother you- are you aware that old Amalgam fillings are renowned for setting up fractures in the teeth they occupy and allowing tooth decay to increase underneath the amalgam filling? If you have several amalgam fillings, you surely know the feeling of having the side of a tooth break off when eating something as innocent as toast!

Technology has progressed a long way past amalgam, and removing these old fillings will look significantly better and enable your dentist to conserve as much of your natural tooth structure as possible.

Ceramic Restorations in a Single Sitting

If you have cracked or decayed teeth, tooth-coloured fillings may be your most desirable treatment. Using CEREC, Dr Evan will get a 3D digital scan of your damaged tooth and then re-create an aesthetically pleasing porcelain ceramic filling or crown to replace it in a single visit.

Ceramic Inlays and Onlays are tooth-coloured customised fillings milled from a block of porcelain ceramic using CEREC. Bonded to the tooth by adhesives, they are made from the same porcelain material as full ceramic crowns but are a more conservative option, as more of your natural tooth structure is preserved. Inlays and Onlays are created to repair teeth requiring more extensive restorations conservatively.

With CEREC imaging, there’s no need to take impressions. And for those interested, you can watch Dr. Evan design your restoration on the computer. Once the 3-D creation of your restoration or crown is completed and approved, a solid porcelain block is placed in the CEREC milling unit, where special tools will sculpt your tooth-coloured restoration to match the computer model rendition precisely. You’ll walk away with your tooth beautifully fortified and restored.

Composite Fillings

Composite fillings are malleable, bonded fillings that can repair decayed, cracked or fractured teeth and can also be used to close spaces between teeth or to veneer teeth and are tooth coloured to match the colour of existing teeth precisely.

At KB Village Dental in north Sydney, Dr. Evan can discuss the most suitable ways to restore your teeth.