Dr. Dustin prefers placing white fillings in your teeth instead of the old-fashioned amalgam fillings. Patients prefer them overwhelmingly.

Advantages of white fillings:

• They bond to the tooth, making the tooth stronger instead of weakening it the way amalgams do. Your teeth are more likely to fracture with amalgam fillings in them.
• They are less irritating to the teeth, so you generally don't have the prolonged sensitivity to cold that is typical of metal fillings.
• Because of the placement techniques, with white fillings the dentist only has to remove the decay. Weakened tooth structure can be bonded, thus making the white filling considerably smaller than a comparable amalgam.
• Not only are amalgam fillings black, but they stain your teeth. Once you're used to white, you won't want anything else.

When the fillings are small, Dustin uses a direct composite technique. With larger fillings, he uses Empress. This is a strong ceramic that reinforces the tooth and looks beautiful.

For very large fillings, he will place an Empress onlay, or go to an all-ceramic crown.

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