About Tooth Color Restoration

Tooth color restoration provides nearly invisible tooth repairs. Often called white fillings, a composite resin matched to your teeth offers an attractive alternative to visible metal fillings and repairs. Instead of having amalgam, silver or gold fillings, you’ll have fillings that resemble your tooth.

The material matches the color and translucency of your teeth for a natural look. Tooth color restoration also helps teeth from subsiding gums. The dentist shapes this advanced material for a custom fit. Once the composite resin is in place, a special light hardens it. The resin is durable, creating a lasting restoration.

This plastic material can fill cavities and replace damaged or missing areas of a tooth. Tooth-colored restoration is completely free of metal and there’s no risk of cracking the existing tooth structure when it’s used as a filling. It molds to the desired shape so it can create a perfect filling for a cavity of any size or fix a chipped or broken tooth.

This material offers a cosmetically appealing alternative to a full crown and leaves more of the original tooth in place. In addition to improving your smile, tooth color restoration duplicates the function and form of the original tooth. Tooth color restoration is also used for procedures like dental bonding and dental veneers.

Tooth Color Restoration

Tooth Color Restoration Procedure

Tooth color restoration is a process that dental patients opt for to improve the appearance of their smile. The procedure is a common option for people with heavily damaged teeth due to excessive cavities and other visible problems. The end result of the tooth color restoration procedure is a white coating that hides visible faults in teeth.

The process of restoration begins with a preparation of the teeth through trimming. This removes decaying portions of teeth, so that damage does not continue after the restoration. Once preparation is complete, an acidic etching gel is applied to the surface of the teeth that will be restored. The etching gel is then removed via water. After that, a bonding agent made of liquid plastic is applied to the teeth using a small brush or similar applicator.

Air may also be blown over the surface of the teeth to disperse the bonding agent more evenly. After the agent has been applied to the teeth, a special light is used to cure the bonding agent. This light is blue in color and triggers a reaction of the bonding agent. This causes the bonding agent to harden

Once the bonding agent has hardened, it is time to create the restoration with dental composite. One by one, layers of composite are added to the original hardened bonding agent until the appropriate thickness has been reached. Each layer will be cured with the same special light that used for the bonding agent. After the composite layers have been applied and the proper thickness reached, the restoration will be trimmed and polished until it holds the appearance of real teeth.

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Tooth Color Restoration – FAQs

Inlays and onlays are fabricated from porcelain-based materials and closely mimic the anatomy and the color of the existing dentition. These restorations are permanently adhered to the surface of the teeth and provide exceptional aesthetics and functional value.

They are only used on posterior teeth covering the occlusal (chewing) areas of the dentition, and they are expected to last for 10-15 years.

The procedure is performed in two steps. First visit consist of taking the impressions of the teeth and fabricating the restoration. The inlay or onlay is delivered and permanently cemented at the time of the second visit.