Dental Fillings

Filling is used to treat a small hole, or cavity, in a tooth. To repair a cavity, a dentist removes the decayed tooth tissue and then fills the space with a filling material.

The filling materials are of different types like amalgam fillings, composite, GIC made of mixture of plastic and chemical materials which chemically bonds with the tooth.

The decayed tooth is examined by performing X-ray, to know the extent of caries, if necessary.

The caries is excavated from the tooth till there is no soft texture of caries in it, which is then cleaned and shaped inorder to fit the cement/ filling.

The tooth after filling should return to normal activity . It's normal to have sensitivity to hot and cold things for the tooth and subsides after 1 or 2 days.. if it persists for a longer time a dentist visit is a must.