You have spent years honing your personal style, and carefully keeping up with trends. That is why your friends call you polished and stylish. Yet you still feel insecure because of one thing, outdated dental work. Metal amalgam fillings and crowns can stick out from an otherwise beautiful smile like last year’s “It bag.” Fortunately modern dentistry provides patients a chance to update their look, by replacing outdated or even failing dental restorations with more esthetically pleasing, and often more comfortable, alternatives. So if you want to look your absolute best, before you look to overhaul your closet make sure your smile is the best it could be, by talking to your restorative dentist about what improvements could be made.
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Metal fillings and crowns were once incredibly popular, but while they are long lasting they can become damaged over time or due to trauma. Furthermore, some patients find them uncomfortable, either due to a metal allergy or simply the esthetics of having a gold fixture marring one’s smile.
To address this, a restorative dentist can remove the damaged or unwanted dental restoration, and then replace it with a more cosmetically-pleasing alternative. Tooth-colored fillings, for instance, are made of composite resin which bonds well with teeth and creates a nearly seamless barrier around teeth affected by minor to moderate cavities, or other small issues.
Porcelain crowns can also provide a durable barrier around a damaged or fragile tooth. The crown will bear the brunt of your chewing, helping to keep the teeth beneath it safe. But porcelain can also be made to closely match your natural teeth, so people will look at your smile, not your dental work.
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