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Tooth Colored Fillings

In Gurnee, Illinois
Serving the Chicago metro area

Natural looking white fillings are created to match the color of your teeth while functioning the same way a metal amalgam (silver-mercury filling) filling would. White fillings are used to correct the same damage or decay a metal amalgam filling would correct, but white fillings provide a more natural look.

White fillings are placed by first removing the decayed portion of the tooth. Then, the dentist will etch the tooth so that the white filling material will bond to the tooth better. Then a bonding agent is brushed onto the tooth, followed by several layers of the composite white filling material. Once the decayed tooth is filled with the white filling material, a special light is used to harden and bond the white filling to your tooth. After the tooth has been hardened, it is polished and shaped to match the rest of your teeth and your bite.

When the size of the filling is large, it is recommended that the tooth be restored with a ceramic inlay rather than the composite bonding used in white fillings. Delany Dental Care is proud to offer CEREC 3D technology. Not only do we provide our patients the opportunity to have high-quality porcelain restorations in just one visit, but also we were the first dental office in Lake County, Illinois to adopt this emerging technology more than 15 years ago.

In addition to having a more natural looking filling, white fillings are chosen over metal amalgam fillings because of the potentially toxic mercury found in the metal amalgam. Dr. Ira Shapira and Dr. Mark Amidei have had a mercury free practice for over 15 years by placing ceramic, composite and gold restorations that are superior in many ways to amalgam. Also, the ceramic restorations created with Cerec 3D expand and contract the same way your natural teeth do resulting in more resistance to fracture.

Click here to see a video about the toxicity of mercury fillings.

In order to have your next tooth reparation performed with a white filling, or to have your old metal amalgam fillings replaced with white composite fillings, schedule an initial consultation with Delany Dental Care in Gurnee, Illinois.