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Tooth Coloured Dentistry

New technology has allowed even basic dental procedures to look better cosmetically. Tooth-coloured dentistry can be used for purely cosmetic reasons and there are a wide variety of products and procedures available at Bentway Dental.

The most common application of tooth coloured dentistry is with cavity fillings. Fillings are usually made of composite resin that has the same shade as your teeth. However, they can also be a mix of quartz and glass filler or even porcelain or ceramic.

Tooth colour restorations are used in dental restoration and general dentistry because they look natural and look much better than silver amalgam fillings.

Composite resin or other types of tooth-coloured material can also be used to correct other tooth imperfections like gaps, chipped teeth, irregular size, and shape, and can even be used to make teeth appear more even or straight.

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What Is a Tooth Coloured Procedure Like?

At Bentway Dental in Toronto, these types of procedures are usually quick and painless. It typically takes less than an hour to treat a cavity. Most procedures include numbing the gums with local anesthesia in the area of treatment. It takes about 10 to 15 minutes for the numbing medication to take effect.

Using tooth colouring procedures for cavities and other types of general dentistry procedures is almost the same as using traditional types of material. We remove infected material, clean the tooth and then apply the tooth-coloured material that is tinted to match your tooth.

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A couple of medical benefits come with using tooth-coloured material to fix dental issues. The resin bonds to teeth so there isn’t a need to remove as much of the natural tooth as we do when we use the silver amalgam or gold fillings. Maintaining as much of your natural tooth structure is important to long-term mouth health.

Tooth-coloured material is free of mercury, which is toxic. There are low amounts of mercury in the silver amalgam fillings and they aren’t considered to be dangerous. Yet, most people opt for a safer, mercury-free choice.

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About Tooth Coloured

No one will be able to tell you had a cavity when you speak, laugh, or yawn. All they see are teeth. Tooth-coloured work should last a decade or longer as long as you take proper care of your gums, teeth, and fillings.

Tooth-Colored Dentistry FAQs

What is tooth-colored dentistry?
Tooth-colored dentistry is the branch of dentistry that employs the technology and materials of composite resin and other fillers, quartz, glass, porcelain, and ceramic to design dental restorations that match the natural color of teeth.
What are the common applications of tooth-colored dentistry?
Tooth-colored material applications mostly revolve around cavity fillings, but they are also used to fix teeth imperfections like smoothing uneven edges, closing gaps, and repairing chips.
What are the advantages of tooth-colored restorations over traditional fillings?
Tooth-colored restorations give patients a natural look, unlike the traditional silver amalgam fillings which are easily visible. Furthermore, the bonding of the resin to the teeth means that less natural tooth structure will need to be removed, and there will be no mercury in the resin.
Are silver amalgam fillings dangerous?
Silver amalgam fillings contain a small quantity of mercury, and thus, are not dangerous, but a lot of people take the mercury-free option that is tooth-colored.
How long does a tooth-colored procedure for a cavity take?
Tooth-colored cavity procedures are quick and painless. It takes less than an hour to complete one.
What steps are involved for a tooth-colored restoration?
Most procedures start with the application of local anesthesia to numb the gums. Once the anesthesia takes effect, the infected dental tissue is removed, the tooth is cleaned, and the tooth-colored filling, matched to the color of your tooth, is placed.
How long can I expect a tooth-colored restoration to last?
With diligence and routine maintenance of your gums and teeth, as well as your fillings, the tooth-colored work should last a decade at the minimum.
What issues can most forms of tooth-colored restorative dentistry fix?
Tooth-colored dentistry can fix minor and major problems, such as cavities, and other issues of dental esthetics including teeth of uneven sizes and shapes.
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