White Fillings

Posterior Composite Restorations (“White Fillings”)

Until recently “tooth-colored fillings” placed on the chewing surfaces of back teeth were doomed to failure due to the polymerization shrinkage and subsequent micro-leakage associated with these materials. Now a new “directed shrinkage” technique permits dentists to place “tooth colored” restorative materials in molars and bicuspids with reliable success.

When utilized within the limits of the material, these new adhesive composite restorations are expected to perform favorably when compared to the earlier non-adhesion restorative materials. Because these new materials adhere to the teeth, contain no mercury and essentially wear at the same rate as “silver fillings “, they are now considered by many to be “state-of-the-art” and the “new standard of care ” for dentistry.