Salt Lake City Fillings, Murray Fillings, West Valley City Fillings, Salt Lake City Fillings

These are the procedures we use to restore most teeth. Our primary focus is to keep as much of the natural tooth as possible. This will be determined by the extent of the decay and the presence of previous restorations. Most all options will involve bonded tooth colored restorations. There are many advantages to this type of dental care. First, it’s the strongest choice, since we create a very strong bond directly to the enamel of the tooth. This also allows for a longer lasting restoration as well. Next, it’s the most conservative choice, since we only remove the unhealthy part of the tooth. No tooth structure is removed for retention as with metal work. Last but not least, it’s the most esthetic. We can restore teeth with these procedures that look just like natural teeth. Occasionally we have to use gold, but not often and only on the most posterior molars. Which procedure we use to restore a tooth is directly related to how much of the natural tooth remains after removing the decay and old filling. If at all possible we try and use direct fillings. It’s the easiest most economical way to restore teeth, but there must be sufficient remaining natural tooth structure for it to hold up long term. If not then we use inlays, onlays, and crowns.

Before & After Photos

Patient #1
1 composite filling, 1 all-porcelain crown, 1 porcelain onlay. This patient had a beautiful smile but showed the ill effects of amalgam fillings places many years previously.

Patient #2
1 Empress all-porcelain crown in anterior, 4 Cercon all-porcelain crowns on posterior, 4 porcelain onlays, 8 composite fillings. This patient had a poorly designed porcelain to metal crown places on his front tooth, also note the improved health around the gum line by removal of old metal. His next goal was to remove all the amalgam fillings from his teeth.