Replace Amalgam Fillings

When you smile or speak, do you reveal a mouth full of silver fillings?

Dr. Coleman can replace all of your fillings with beautiful, porcelain inlays or onlays, which blend in seamlessly with your natural teeth. Replacing your amalgam fillings not only improves your appearance, it also preserves your dental health.

Yes, silver-mercury amalgams are unattractive. But they can also be detrimental to your teeth. The metal reacts to hot and cold substances we put in our mouths. As a result, the teeth can crack or break. Harmful bacteria can then get beneath the filling, causing decay.

For health and appearance, Dr. Coleman insists on restoring teeth with porcelain inlays and onlays - mercury-free dentistry that is more attractive than metal, and also strengthens teeth. Porcelain fillings will prolong the tooth’s life, holding it together and strengthening it. But traditional fillings can reduce tooth strength up to 50%.

Smaller defects can frequently be restored in one visit with bonded composite fillings.

Inlays, similar to a filling, are used to fill small cavities in the tooth. They are created out of fired porcelain or resin, and made to match the color of your natural tooth.

Onlays are also made of porcelain but are larger. Where a crown may have been necessary in past years, an onlay can now often repair the damaged portion of the tooth, leaving more of the original structure intact, and holding it all together for many years.

Both inlays and onlays are made in the lab, and will require a return visit. Your temporary should hold up to normal wear until your return appointment.

Learn more by reading our Questions about Amalgam Fillings vs. White Fillings.