Filling Treatment

While filling the tooth, first of all, the remaining tooth tissue is cleaned and made ready for filling. If there is a filling that has been made in the past and needs to be removed, the remaining tooth tissue is removed from them. Then, the gap formed is filled by selecting the appropriate material. Since dental filling is a procedure performed with local anesthesia, pain or pain is not felt. The treatment is completed by checking the compatibility of the filling with other teeth. If there is any excess in the filling that will disturb the patient, it is corrected and removed from the tooth.

While only 1-2 types of materials were used in filling treatment in the past, a wide variety of filling materials are used today. Types of dental fillings are composite fillings, porcelain fillings and amalgam fillings.

Composite fillings; This type of filling, which is the same color as the tooth and provides a natural tooth appearance, is used quite often.

porcelain fillings; Porcelain fillings, which are in high demand thanks to their color retention feature, are more expensive than other filling types.

Amalgam fillings;   Amalgam fillings, which are gray in color and obtained from a mixture of elements such as mercury, copper, and tin, are not preferred much today. It is preferred because of its very good chewing power.