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How is a dental filling done?
A dental filling is a procedure to be done by a skilled dentist with many years of experience. We need to make sure that your cavity is taken seriously so that your tooth will not degenerate into a bigger problem later. We have dentists who have been doing cavity fillings for years and are highly adept at the procedure.
First local anesthetic is applied to the mouth in order to make sure the patient is as comfortable as possible during the dental filling. At our dental office we use a derivative of lidocaine or novocaine, a numbing medication that can make your treatment smooth and easy to tolerate. If you are afraid of the intramuscular injection we can also give you anesthetic wand treatment so that you would never know that you had anything applied to your mouth intramuscularly. It would be the most painless application of anesthesia that you have ever experienced. Once the mouth is anesthetized drilling is performed and after, there are typically two different methods to fill your cavities. Amalgam: This is an older yet effective method of doing fillings. This uses a combination of metal alloys to fill in the portion of your tooth that is compromised by natural causes. This could include causes such as infection, bacterial proliferation, bacterial byproducts and other issues. The metal alloy is strong and can bind to your tooth so that further bacterial byproduct penetration cannot go any further. Composite: This is a type of dental filling that is much more widely accepted in modern dentistry because it is tooth colored and more aesthetically pleasing to the eye. This is what we use in our office because be believe in giving our patients the most up to date and current versions of treatment that are available. |
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