Fillings
Most people still think of Dentistry as "Drilling & Filling". It is fair to say that times have indeed changed. The concept of filling teeth started hundreds of years ago and had not changed much until about 1994. Until then when you had an area of decay, it was drilled out and then filled with a silver filling or a gold inlay/onlay was placed.
Today the concept of "filling", is replacing tooth structure that is removed due to decay or fracture, with a material. The materials available to us are literally endless. Our office chooses to categorize the materials into three types:
- Composites
- Glass Ionomers
- Silver Fillings/Amalgams