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Filling
If you suffer from dental caries, you have to see a dentist for filling to prevent the caries to getting worse.
 

Why do we need filling?

To stop pain caused by decayed tooth.
To stop pain caused by the decayed tooth.
 
To restore the shape and functions of the tooth, such as chewing, articulating, aesthetics, and etc.
To restore the tooth shape and function of the tooth, such as chewing, articulating, aesthetics, and etc.
 
To keep the carious deciduous teeth to prevent alignment problem in permanent teeth due to early loss of deciduous teeth.
 
Overview of filling process

Remove the decayed tooth structure.
Remove the decayed tooth structure.

 

Place the filling material into the cavity.
Place the filling material into the cavity.

 

Trim off and polish the filling material.
Firm and polish the filling material.

 
How many filling materials do you know?
Amalgam

Colour: Greyish-silver
Colour: Greyish-silver
Before Filling
After Filling
 

Filling procedure
 
Composite resin
Colour: similar to natural tooth colour
Colour: similar to natural tooth colour
Before Filling
After Filling
 
Filling procedure
 
Glass Inomer Cement
Colour: similar to natural tooth colour
Glass Inomer Cement
Before Filling
After Filling
 
Filling procedure
Compomer
Colour: similar to natural tooth colour
Compomer
Before Filling
After Filling
 
Filling procedure
 
Stainless steel crown
Colour: Silver. It has different sizes, and it is often used on deciduous molars.
Stainless steel crown
Filling Procedure
 
Feeling uncomfortable after filling?
It takes a few days to adapt to the newly filled tooth. If situation hasn't gradually improved, or has even slowly got worse, you need to see the dentist for a detailed examination.


 

 
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