White Fillings & Tooth Fillings
For over 150 years, tooth fillings have been made out of a grey-silver material called ‘amalgam’. This is strong and long lasting. However, many people find it unattractive or are concerned about possible health risks. White dental fillings are a popular alternative to amalgam. New materials mean it is much easier to find a perfect colour match to a particular tooth. In most cases, it is impossible to see that the tooth even has a filling.
White dental filling material can also be used to cover unsightly marks on teeth, repair chipped or broken front teeth, enhance the shape of front teeth, or act as a standard filling material in back teeth. It recent times, it has become common place for patients to replace their mercury fillings with a more modern resin bonded composite/white dental filling material.
This material is used for a lot of cosmetic treatment's such as; composite edging, composite veneers and tooth reshaping.
White Dental Filling
![open mouth with dental mirror showing a white dental filling](https://beechwooddental.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AdobeStock_187063042-750x500.jpeg)
Mercury Dental Filling
![open mouth showing a dark coloured mercury dental filling used in white dental filling advertising](https://beechwooddental.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AdobeStock_96779745-1-750x500.jpeg)
White Fillings Case Studies
(Please note that the following are clinical photographs and the before images, may be unpleasant to view)
Case One:
Old amalgam filling replaced with resin composite filling (bonding).
![H1 Before _Beechwood Dental_best Dentist Dublin pre white dental filling treatment](https://beechwooddental.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/H1.jpg)
![H2 Before _Beechwood Dental_best Dentist Dublin White Dental Filling](https://beechwooddental.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/H2.jpg)
Case Two:
Old amalgam filling replaced with resin composite filling (bonding).
![Case study - E1 Before_beechwood dental_best dentist dublin old traditional filling before white dental filling](https://beechwooddental.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/E1.jpg)
![case study - E2 - After _beechwood dental-best dentist dublin white dental filling](https://beechwooddental.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/E2.jpg)
Case Three:
Old amalgam filling replaced with resin composite/white dental filling (bonding).
![S1 Beechwood Dental_best dentist dublin 6 pre white dental filling](https://beechwooddental.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/S1.jpg)
![S2 Beechwood Dental_best dentist dublin 6 white dental filling](https://beechwooddental.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/S2.jpg)
Case Four:
Old amalgam filling replaced with resin composite/white filling (bonding).
![T1 Beechwood Dental_Best dentist Dublin pre white dental filling](https://beechwooddental.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/T1.jpg)
![T2 Beechwood Dental_Best dentist Dublin white dental filling](https://beechwooddental.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/T2.jpg)