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What Tooth-Coloured Fillings
Actually Is
 What is tooth- coloured filling?
 Amalgam filling, metal filling, ceramic filling and glass ionomers are types of
cavity fillings available other than the tooth-coloured (composite) filling. Tooth-
coloured fillings are composed of a blend of silica fillers and plastic resins. These
substances resemble the natural qualities of the tooth. This dental composite
helps strengthen the decayed tooth. It blends easily with the appearance of the
natural tooth that it cannot be differentiated with a natural tooth. It is
appropriate for being used in filling the hollowed tooth due to decaying. The
composite is durable and can tolerate the pressure of chewing.
 The Procedure Of Tooth Coloured Filling?
 Reshaping the chipped tooth or replacing the decayed tooth with tooth-
coloured filling the starting process remains almost same. Before starting with
filling the tooth, your dentist will inject a mild anaesthesia in the gums and
surrounding area of the tooth; it numbs the area so the patient may not feel any
discomfort and pain. Then the decayed material is scraped out to make the
tooth clean; so that filling becomes easy. After making sure there is no substance
left the hollow tooth is filled with the tooth-coloured filling directly. In the
beginning, the filling is a clay-like material and can be easily shaped easily. Once
it comes in contact with the tooth it hardens and turns solid like the tooth.