White Composite Fillings in Carmel, IN

For generations, filling a cavity meant silver. Dentists used a silver and mercury amalgam to fill and seal decayed teeth, and it worked, at a cost: placing amalgam requires removing a larger amount of the original tooth, which often leaves the tooth weaker than it needed to be. And every laugh showed the metal.

Composite fillings changed the trade. Modern composite and porcelain materials are stronger, safer, and more natural looking than the silver they replace. They bond directly to the tooth, so less healthy structure is removed, and they are matched to the color of your enamel, so the repair disappears.

For new cavities

A composite filling visit is one of dentistry’s most routine procedures, which at Smile Arts Dental still means it is done with unhurried numbing, a running explanation if you want one, and a stop signal that is always honored. The decayed area is cleaned, the composite is placed and shaped to your bite, and hardened in place. You leave with a tooth that looks like nothing ever happened to it.

Replacing old silver fillings

If your molars carry decades-old amalgam, those fillings can be replaced with composite or porcelain. Patients choose this for different reasons: a cracked or failing old filling, a desire to be done with the look of metal, or a dentist’s recommendation when an old filling is leaking at its edges. Whether replacement makes sense for you is an honest conversation at your exam. Sound old fillings are not replaced just to sell the visit.

Small repairs, big difference

Fillings are usually where deferred dental care restarts, and if it has been years, this is a gentle first procedure back. Nervous patients are this practice’s specialty, not its exception.

Smile Arts Dental places composite fillings for patients from Carmel, Westfield, Zionsville, and north Indianapolis. Call (317) 575-1995 or request an appointment online.