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Drs. William and David Babington
3910 Centreville Rd., Suite 200
Chantilly, VA 20151
703-378-5600
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Patient Education:
Tooth-Colored Fillings
It's easy to see that tooth-colored fillings look better than amalgam fillings that have a black or silver metal appearance. But these newer restorations have other advantages as well. We can be more conservative with our tooth preparations, removing less healthy tooth structure, because there is no need to create the "undercuts" that are necessary to hold in amalgam fillings. The tooth-colored resins are bonded to the tooth thus providing more strength than an amalgam filling.
We no longer place the silver-mercury amalgam fillings in our practice. We like good looking fillings that are bonded tightly to the tooth!