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Before & After: Chairside Composite Resin Restorations
Composite resin restorations offer an array of benefits over traditional silver fillings. Since the filling material actually adheres to the tooth structure, the preparation procedures are less invasive without pins or retentive grooves to hold the filling in place. The dentist removes only diseased portions of the tooth, leaving the healthy tooth structure intact. The adhesion (bonding) process strengthens the tooth with resilient, long-lasting and natural-looking restorations.
Over time, amalgam (silver) fillings tend to corrode, allowing a gap and recurrent decay at the interface of the filling and tooth. Fillings may be replaced with new composite resins without irritation of sensitive periodontal (gum) tissue, and minimal loss of tooth structure. The natural aesthetics is a bonus.
Incipient decay may be treated with a flowable composite resin that penetrates small pits to conserve the natural tooth.
Composite resins offer an affordable alternative to crowns in replacing tooth structure lost in a traumatic injury. Treatment may be done in a single visit.
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