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Tooth-Colored Fillings

Everyone would like to achieve the goal of having teeth that are strong and healthy. But looks are important, and you deserve the chance to feel good about your appearance, too.

At Dr. Stone's Office, our primary concern is your good oral health. But all our restorative dental treatments also focus on the way your smile will look when we’re finished. You can be confident you’ll always see results that improve your oral health and also enhance your appearance.

Advances in the materials we use have given us more options than ever for improving your smile without investing in a lot of costly cosmetic dental treatments. One of the most cost-effective options we offer for creating natural-looking repairs and fixing little cosmetic imperfections is tooth-colored fillings.

Why We Choose Tooth-Colored Fillings

We also refer to tooth-colored fillings as composites because they’re made of a mix of materials that we can color to closely match the natural shade of your teeth. Tooth-colored composite fillings not only look great, but they’ll also leave you with a healthier tooth than when we started.

We use composite fillings because they offer many advantages:

Tooth-colored fillings have a similar appearance to natural dental enamel.
We can closely match the color of fillings to the natural shade of your teeth.
The material can easily be shaped to alter the size and shape of a tooth if necessary.
We can preserve more of the healthy part of your tooth with composite fillings.

A Cost-Effective Cosmetic Dental Treatment

We use tooth-colored fillings to restore a damaged tooth, but they can also be used to correct a variety of problems. Using composite fillings, Dr. Stone can:

Create fillings that closely match the look of your natural teeth
Fill in chips and build up broken teeth
Close uneven spaces and gaps between your teeth
Refine the shape of irregular teeth
Correct the appearance of severely stained teeth

We Work with Your Needs

Our team takes a lot of pride in the relationships we build with our wonderful patients. We value the trust you place in us and work hard to earn that trust every day. We’re not satisfied until you’re satisfied, and that’s true for every service we provide.

We’ll take the time to get to know you because we know it’s the best way to make sure we’ve heard all your concerns and taken your needs into account. Creating long-lasting, friendly relationships is good for everyone – it puts you at ease and allows us to deliver the type of high-quality dental treatment that works best for you.

Today we have more options than ever before for helping you enjoy a healthier smile and increased confidence in the way you look. We can’t tell you if tooth-colored fillings are right for you until we check the condition of your overall oral health. Please give us a call, and we’ll be happy to arrange a convenient appointment for you at our Lead dental office.

Frequently Asked Questions

What can you do about old fillings that don’t match my teeth?

Modern dentistry has really changed the way we do so many things, and improvements in the material used for dental fillings are just one example of how we pass those benefits on to you. Tooth-colored fillings match your natural teeth beautifully and are even more durable than many types of fillings used in the past.

We use a composite resin for tooth-colored fillings. The beauty of this material is that it is durable, resilient, and can be formulated to precisely match your natural tooth color. Since tooth-colored fillings blend so perfectly with your natural teeth, you will not be able to tell where your tooth ends and where the filling begins!

If you would like to see the difference that tooth-colored fillings can make to the appearance of your smile, please give our dental office a call. We can use composite material to replace your old fillings, and you will be thrilled with the beautiful smile we can create for you!

What is dental bonding, and how can it help me?

Dental bonding is a treatment offered at Northern Hills Dental that corrects the appearance of a number of cosmetic dental imperfections. Using composite material that looks similar to your natural teeth, we can enhance your smile and strengthen your teeth.

Many of us have something about our smile that we’d like to change or improve. Over the years, advances in new dental materials have given us treatments that can dramatically improve the health and appearance of your smile.

You don’t have to live with teeth that are chipped, cracked, broken, or severely stained. Dental bonding can correct all these problems because the composite material we use looks completely natural and blends perfectly with your own teeth.

Bonding with composite material is an efficient process that can usually be completed in just one office visit, depending on the number of teeth involved. Dr. Stone will prepare the tooth to be treated and then carefully match the bonding material to your natural tooth shade.

Next, he uses a special curing light to bond the material securely to your tooth. Finally he carefully shapes the material to conform to the appearance of your own teeth. The result is a fully functional tooth that is not only attractive, but long-lasting.

Please contact our dental office if you would like more information about bonding and how this treatment can benefit you.

Is it true that mercury in amalgam (silver) fillings isn't safe?

There is no conclusive proof that the amount of mercury in amalgam fillings is a danger to your health. But many patients are concerned that the presence of mercury may be harmful.

Amalgam fillings – a combination of metals, including mercury – have been widely used because of their strength and durability. They were most often used for strength in very large fillings and for molars, which need to withstand a lot of wear and tear while chewing.

Aside from the concerns about mercury, amalgam fillings are just plain unattractive because they are obvious and also tend to darken over time. Amalgam fillings also tend to shrink over time, pulling away from your tooth and increasing the risk of breaks and cracks that can damage the remaining healthy tooth structure.

With improvements in dental materials, we now have the option to use composite fillings because they are every bit as durable as amalgam. Tooth-colored fillings are very stable, do not shrink, and will provide support for your tooth for many years. Another advantage of composite fillings is that Dr. Stone needs to remove only the decayed portion, leaving more healthy tooth structure intact and further strengthening your natural tooth.

Meet Our Doctor:

Dr. Reid Stone DDS

“Dentistry is an industry where advancements in technology are rapid, and I enjoy constantly learning and implementing new technology and techniques to better treat our patients.”

Dr. Stone received his Bachelor of Science degree from Baylor University, and then attended the University of Colorado, School of Dental Medicine, where he received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. In addition to his education, Dr. Stone participates in many hours of continuing education courses each year; far exceeding the 100-hours required every five-years to maintain his South Dakota Dental license.

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Composite Fillings

Silver amalgam fillings have been widely used for decades, but advances in dental material now provide us with more esthetic and healthier ways to treat cavities. Tooth-colored fillings are composed of plastic resin and other materials. You may hear this material referred to as composite fillings or simply composites.

Tooth-colored fillings, unlike silver amalgam, bond directly to the tooth. This is a preferred method for protecting your oral health because we don’t need to remove a lot of healthy tooth structure to create a long-lasting filling. Tooth-colored fillings are also likely to minimize experience sensitivity to temperatures when compared to silver fillings.

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