Dental Fillings in Allen Texas
Don’t wait on that cavity — we treat tooth decay with beautiful, tooth-colored fillings that protect your smile for the long run.
Whether you have a small spot of decay or a large cavity causing pain, we can help restore your tooth quickly, comfortably, and affordably with a dental filling.
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Signs You Might Need a Filling
You may need a dental filling if you’re experiencing:
A visible hole or dark spot on your tooth
Sensitivity to sweets, cold, or hot drinks
Pain when chewing or biting
A chipped or worn tooth
Floss shredding around one specific tooth
Past fillings that are loose, leaking, or cracked
You Shouldn’t Wait to Fix a Cavity
Cavities don’t go away on their own. Left untreated, decay spreads deeper into the tooth — which may lead to:
Nerve damage or infection
More expensive treatments like root canals or crowns
Risk of tooth loss
Bad breath and worsening oral health
Fixing a cavity now with a filling is fast, affordable, and can prevent major dental problems later.
DENTAL FILLINGS TREATMENT ALLEN, TX
Are you looking for a reliable and experienced dentist to help you with your dental cavities? If you are having some small dark spots forming in the grooves of your teeth, or around old fillings, our team of experienced and knowledgeable dentists are here to help you fill your cavities. We spend the time explaining to you how the cavities got there, how we can treat them and what you can do to prevent new ones from forming.
Tooth filling the most conservative way to remove the dental decay in your teeth and restore your smile. They are the best solution and they can last many years with proper care. The fillings we place are tooth colored and look perfectly natural so no one will know that you have fillings. Our team of dentists are highly skilled and have many years of experience in the placement of dental fillings.
If you have cavities the best thing you can do is talk with the dentist about removing your cavities and having dental fillings placed, click the link to conveniently book your appointment online.
WHAT IS TOOTH CAVITIES
Tooth decay is a common dental problem affecting millions of individuals worldwide. It is caused by bacteria that produce acids that wear away at the enamel on your teeth. Left untreated, tooth decay can be painful and destroy your teeth. Fortunately, dental fillings can help prevent further destruction to your teeth and can help restore a healthy, beautiful smile.
Dental fillings are a common dental procedure used to fill cavities caused by tooth decay. During the procedure, the dentist will clean out decay and fill the space with a hard material called composite resin.
Fillings provide several benefits including the prevention of further decay and the restoration of teeth. They prevent microbial activity and seal up your tooth preventing further damage. They also help protect teeth from becoming weakened and prevent further loss of tooth structure.
Fillings are also used to restore the shape and aesthetics of teeth after decay has caused damage. A filling can replace cavities and make teeth look natural and healthy again. Dental fillings also play an important role in preventing infection. By filling in the cavity, bacteria are no longer able to thrive in the area, reducing the likelihood of infection.
Fillings are a safe and reliable way to restore a healthy smile. Before the procedure, your dentist will evaluate the condition of tooth decay, its size and severity, to determine if a filling is the best treatment for you.
Tooth decay is an issue that affects many people. Although it can be detrimental to oral health, dental fillings offer a reliable solution to decay. Fillings provide several benefits including preventing further decay, restoring teeth and oral health, and restoring aesthetics to the teeth.
SMALL TOOTH CAVITY
If you start to see any dark spots on your teeth, you should come in right away while the tooth decay is small and can be removed and filled easily without removing much natural tooth structure.
MODERATE TOOTH CAVITY
If you wait until the tooth cavity gets bigger, it also gets deeper and increases your risk of needing a root canal to treat it.
WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER YOUR TOOTH FILLING
After your filling appointment, your mouth will be numb in the area of the tooth that was filled. It is important not to eat anything you have to chew in order to prevent injury.
After the numbness wears off, the teeth may feel a little textured for a couple of days. This will resolve naturally. The tooth could experience minor sensitivity to temperature changes for several days. This too will resolve naturally and is part of normal healing. When the numbness wears off, you can more accurately feel if the bite is right. Clench your teeth together and make sure that you cannot feel the tooth when nothing is between your teeth. This will verify that the bite is correct. If you can feel the tooth, call the office and let them know that you need your bite adjusted.
If your tooth experiences anything more than minor temperature sensitivity, or if the temperature sensitivity lasts for more than a few seconds, you should call the office and schedule an appointment, or let us know in the contact section, so that we can help you determine what the best course of action is.
WHAT IS HIDING UNDER YOUR OLD FILLINGS?
Dental fillings need to be maintained over time. If your fillings are more than ten years old, you may need to have them replaced. The forces that chewing puts on your teeth can cause fillings to stop functioning to seal the bacteria over time. When this happens, the same bacteria that caused your cavities originally, can go between your tooth and the filling and begin to decay the tooth structure next to your filling. It is important to catch this as early as possible.
If you notice your tooth starting to get darker, or you notice darkness next to your filling, you should contact the dentist for an examination to make sure any tooth decay is treated before it causes more damage to the tooth.
DENTAL FILLING ALLEN, TEXAS FAQ
The best material for dental fillings today is a composite resin, which is a mixture of glass and plastic particles that can be molded into the shape of your tooth. Composite resin is strong, durable, and looks more natural than traditional metals like amalgam.
1. Amalgam (silver) fillings
2. Composite (tooth-colored) fillings
3. Porcelain (ceramic) fillings
If you have a cavity, a dental filling may be necessary. Cavities are essentially small holes in the tooth caused by bacteria and acids produced by plaque buildup. When these holes are not treated promptly, the decay can progress and damage the tooth further. Dental fillings can prevent further decay by sealing off the weak spot in the tooth and protecting it from further damage.
No, dental fillings are not usually painful. The area around the filling may be sore for a few days afterwards, but the process of getting a filling should not be painful.
