Tooth Coloured Fillings

Examples of Tooth Coloured Fillings

 

Two case samples - each showing how fillings, properly matched to the colouring of the tooth, can enhance the appearance of your teeth in a very natural way.

 

Dentist: Simon Gumbley

 

This patient was unhappy with the metal filling....

 

Removing the old filling and applying a natural coloured filling produced the desired results

Before...

After!
This patient was unhappy with the metal fillings....

 

Removing the old fillings and applying natural coloured fillings produced the desired results

Before.....

After!

 

What are Tooth Coloured

Fillings?

 

More and more patients ask us to provide white fillings because they want their teeth to look natural when they laugh, talk and smile.


White fillings, also called composite fillings, are made from tooth-coloured materials that restore the natural appearance of a decayed or previously filled tooth. They blend extremely well with the tooth and don’t look like normal fillings.


A composite filling usually requires only one visit, during which the tooth is prepared and restored. An advantage of composite fillings, as compared with other dental restorations, is that they require less of the healthy part of a tooth to be removed to hold the filling in place.


The procedure for a composite filling may take a little longer than those for other types of fillings, because after the decay is removed, the tooth must be kept totally isolated from saliva in the mouth.


We then apply adhesive followed by several thin layers of the tooth-coloured composite, which are cured by a special light. The filling is then shaped to look natural with special, very fine drills and polishers.