If a tooth has a cavity, we will use a tooth-colored composite filling to repair the tooth. When a tooth is chipped, broken, or missing structure because of decay, we can replace that tooth structure with a natural-looking composite filling.

When your child smiles, you want your child’s teeth to look great. With white fillings, their teeth will look natural and their ability to chew comfortably will be restored as well.

The enamel is the hard outer layer of the tooth. It protects the inner softer layer of dentin and the pulp inside the tooth. The pulp is where the nerves and blood supply come into the tooth. The most common areas that get decay through the enamel are on the chewing surfaces of the teeth where there are deep grooves. The other two areas are in the contact areas between the teeth and near the gumline where plaque can trap at the gumline and the enamel is much thinner.

If the sugars and the bacteria get into those areas and “eat” away the enamel protection, then the softer inner material is subject to decay. Generally speaking, if a tooth chip or gets decay, when we “catch” it early – either through a visual exam or an x-ray, we can remove the decayed portion of the tooth and restore it with a bonded filling called a composite.