Do you need Teeth Filling?

A decay in a tooth, usually characterised by a black spot or line on tooth surface always spreads in a triangular fashion, (tip of triangle at top of tooth and base of triangle beneath, which can’t be seen by naked eyes), so when you see a black spot on the tooth it feels cavity is superficial, however, it’s not and requires Tooth gap-filling. Once The Tooth Gets Decayed, It Keeps Progressing Deeper Unless Decay Is Removed Completely And Tooth Filling or Dental Filling Is Done.

Multiple teeth filling options are provided by the dentist to fill the cavity in teeth or reshape your teeth. Most common filling options include composite filling, amalgam filling, metal filling, cement filling, ceramic filling.

Composite filling – also called tooth coloured filling is the most popular filling material because of the availability of composite material in different shades, which helps the dentist to perfectly match tooth filling to the patient’s tooth colour.

Advantage- 

1. Availability of different shades
2. Aesthetic
3. Bonding to tooth structure 
4. Less tooth structure needed to be prepared in comparison to other fillings

Disadvantage-

1. Increase chair time
2. Depending on location composite may chip off

Amalgam filling – is recommended for back teeth, when patients are not concerned about the silver appearance of filling. Amalgam fillings are strong and durable.

Advantage-

1. Strength 
2. Durable

Disadvantage-

1. Less aesthetic (silver in colour)
2. More tooth structure needed to be prepared 
3. May lead to the grey appearance of surrounding tooth or gums
4. A small no. of people are allergic to the mercury present in a silver amalgam filling.

Metal Filling – The most common choices for metal filling are silver and gold. In the olden days, the gold filling was also considered a status symbol. 

Advantage- 

1. Durability
2. Strength

Disadvantage-

1. Aesthetic
2. Gold fillings are expensive
3. Require an additional visit to the clinic
4. Gold fillings done next to silver filling may cause a sharp pain (galvanic shock). Interaction of silver and gold with saliva causes an electric current to occur (it’s a rare occurrence)

Cement filling – cement fillings or glass ionomer fillings are usually used for kids teeth filling, as they release fluoride. Cement filling cost in Pune depends on the depth of the tooth decay and the number of teeth involved

Advantage

1. White in colour
2. Release fluoride

Disadvantage-

1. Strength
2. Durability

Ceramic filling – It is the best option when the strength and aesthetic of teeth matters as they are made from tooth-coloured material.

Tooth filling and Teeth fillings include removing the decay, cleaning the cavity completely and then filling the cavity with a filling material. The tooth filling cost in Pune varies according to the damaged tooth structure, filling material or ceramic tooth chosen by the patient, dentist expertise, tooth involved. The cement filling cost in Pune varies from clinic to clinic and dentist to dentist.