Cavities? Extend the Lifespan of Your Teeth with Composite Fillings

Although cavities are preventable, there’s always the risk of decay infiltrating your oral health defenses. When that occurs, Dr. Kelsi Lewis from Glow Dental Co can eliminate decay with a cavity dental filling. Your Austin, Texas, dentist treats decay with composite fillings to give your teeth optimal cavity protection for the future. Composite fillings can extend the lifespan of decayed teeth to keep your smile strong long. 

Preserve Your Smile with Composite Fillings

In the past, the main form of cavity protection was silver amalgam fillings. Although these fillings effectively combat decay, they greatly detract from your smile’s appearance. Composite restorations are made of tooth-colored plastic resin material fortified by powdered glass. Dr. Lewis can tint the resin mixture to the exact shade of your tooth enamel, allowing it to blend in. Your smile will look just as attractive after your filling as before you had cavity treatment.

But esthetics is only one of the many reasons to consider composite fillings for your teeth. These tooth-colored fillings offer multiple restorative properties to protect and strengthen your teeth and preserve your smile for years. These properties include:

• Metal and Mercury-Free

Composite fillings do not contain metal alloys that trigger metal allergies. They are also mercury-free, posing no risk to general health. This biocompatible dental filling is a strong, safe, and effective alternative to silver fillings for treating cavities.

• Protects the Structural Integrity of Your Teeth 

Silver amalgam fillings require extensive drilling to create a nook for the filling to rest. Otherwise, it won’t stay in place. Excessive drilling means more of your tooth’s natural structure is removed. In contrast, composite fillings don’t require much drilling as the resin material bonds directly with your tooth enamel. Dr. Lewis will harden the filling using UV light after applying the filling to your tooth. By protecting the structural integrity of your teeth, composite fillings can keep your pearly whites strong and healthy over the long haul. 

• Improved Functionality

Composite fillings won’t compromise the strength or integrity of your teeth for biting and chewing. On the contrary, they’ll strengthen your teeth to improve oral functionality. Once bonded to your teeth, the resin filling protects your enamel from chipping, cracking, and eroding. Dr. Lewis can place composite fillings on your front or back teeth with full confidence that they’ll provide optimal protection against decay and improved functionality for eating all your favorite foods.

• Less Tooth Sensitivity

If you have sensitive teeth, composite fillings may be a better choice as the filling insulates your teeth against temperature changes in your mouth. As such, you’ll feel less sensitivity when you consume hot and cold foods and drinks. 

Composite Fillings for Your Teeth Near Me

Although getting cavities can be frustrating, it’s good to know decay can be effectively treated with composite fillings. To schedule composite filling cavity treatment at Glow Dental Co. in Austin, TX, contact Dr. Kelsi Lewis as soon as possible at (512) 572-4842.

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