Smile Gallery: Tooth-Colored Fillings

This patient had several decayed teeth restored using crowns on the upper front four teeth and tooth colored fillings on the remaining cavities. 

This patient presented with restorative needs to their front teeth after sustaining an injury. This was completed using white filling material and was completed in one appointment.

With trauma, it is important to not only address the esthetic needs, but to also follow up and evaluate for possible pulp damage.  In this case, a root canal was also required due to injury to the pulp, or nerve, of a tooth, although this did not present itself initially.  Always inform your dentist about previous trauma to your teeth or mouth, as issues may not present themselves until many years later.

This patient presented with cavities, which were restored using composite filling material.  Composite, or white-colored fillings, match the healthy portions of the tooth so that anyone other than your dentist cannot detect that they are there.

Small changes can make a big impact, as evidenced by this fun case.  The patient wished to get rid of the spaces between their teeth and to change the shape of their lateral incisors.  This was completed with less than 10 weeks of Invisalign treatment, followed by adding tooth-colored fillings to the smaller lateral teeth.

The rough edges of a long ago fractured teeth caused decay to start forming in between this patient's two central incisors.  After decay was removed, tooth-colored fillings were placed to restore the lost tooth structure and give the patient's smile a boost.

A great example of a minimally invasive smile makeover!  This case was achieved with Invisalign to eliminate crowding and improve the bite.  Composite bonding was then completed to the patient's smaller, lateral incisor teeth.