In today’s dentistry, if you require fillings, the procedure is completely straightforward. At Ashburton Family Dental we offer you the choice of traditional dental amalgam fillings, or new tooth-coloured fillings.
Dental amalgam is a durable, inexpensive and safe metal alloy that is moulded into a tooth cavity, needing just a minimal amount of natural tooth to be removed first.
Recently, tooth-coloured fillings have become more common and affordable, providing a much more aesthetic solution that is also extremely durable, able to withstand biting and chewing pressure, and highly resistant to fractures.
