Protect Your Teeth and Save Your Smile with Composite Dental Fillings

Due to dental advancements over the years, dentists can provide better dental care to their patients. This includes improvements in cavity treatments. Although dental fillings remain the go-to treatment for cavities, more dentists are turning to composite fillings over other alternatives for restoring decayed teeth. At Park Dental Care, Drs. Evelyn Maggos and Britly Barton offer composite mercury-free dental fillings to our patients in Carol Stream and Winfield, Illinois. 

About Composite Fillings 

With proper care, teeth can last a lifetime, even after getting cavities. Prompt cavity treatment can restore the health and integrity of your teeth so they can continue to be used. Composite fillings offer numerous advantages over amalgam or other types of fillings. 

Composite fillings are composed of a tooth-colored resin/powdered glass mix that’s metal- and mercury-free, posing no risk to your health. In addition to treating decay, composite fillings can be used as bonding to repair small chips or cracks in your teeth or fill in small gaps between teeth to improve your smile’s appearance. 

Protect Your Teeth/Save Your Smile

Although cavities are preventable, they’re still a common issue in both adults and children. Fortunately, dental fillings can treat them fairly easily when caught early. At Park Dental Care, we prefer composite mercury-free dental fillings due to their versatility and unique restorative properties. 

Here are just a few ways composite fillings can protect your teeth while preserving the beauty of your smile.  

Appearance – Composite fillings are tooth-colored, making them less noticeable when you smile. Your Winfield dentist can match the shade of the filling with the color of your teeth for a natural-looking appearance. With composite fillings, your smile can continue to look great even after cavity treatment.