Tooth Colored (Composite) Fillings

Chesterfield and St. Louis, Missouri

You never want to be told that you have a new cavity. Fortunately, small areas of decay can be easily controlled with tooth-colored fillings made from composite resins that integrate nicely with your natural enamel. At Chesterfield Valley Dental Group, our St. Louis cosmetic dentists use tooth-colored fillings every day to stop bacteria from damaging precious tooth structure.

Small pockets of decay have the potential to cause serious damage when untreated. Think of tooth colored fillings as a preventative treatment, a measure that helps protect you from serious decay that could endanger the whole tooth. Remember that bacteria will continue to wear down your tooth structure and have the potential to infect the tooth root if left alone.

Advantages of Composite Fillings

The composite resins that create our tooth colored fillings are safe, easy to shape, and similar in color to your natural tooth enamel. Once hardened, your new filling will also feel very natural as its texture closely mimics that of your tooth.

Metal fillings are quite unattractive, often tarnishing an otherwise beautiful smile. With composite fillings, no one has to know that you have had dental work done. Also, composite fillings do not expand and contract like metal ones, an action which may weaken natural teeth.

At our dental practice in Chesterfield, Missouri, many of our patients choose to have old metal fillings replaced with safe and attractive composite ones. When we perform a tooth colored filling, the amount of enamel removed is less than the tooth reduction needed for metal fillings. Furthermore, there are no mercury concerns with composite fillings because the resins used are completely biocompatible and nontoxic.

Chesterfield cosmetic dentists Dr. Robert Goldman and Dr. Jeffrey Yenzer can help you find easy, affordable smile solutions that improve your dental health and your smile appearance.

For more information on tooth-colored fillings and other procedures, please contact our St. Louis cosmetic dentistry team today to schedule your initial consultation and take advantage of our free tooth bleaching offer, worth $400-500.

Tooth Colored Fillings

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