Tooth
Filling

The first signs that may indicate caries and the need for a tooth filling:

1. Tooth sensitivity to sweet or cold foods.
2. Changes in the colour of the tooth surface: white, black, brown or grey spots and shadows.
3. A cavity felt with the tongue that was not there before.
4. Bad breath, especially noticeable when cleaning between the teeth.

By bringing together highly competent specialists and using high-quality materials, our clinic strives for the best possible result.

• We treat patients gently and pain-free.
• Magnifying loupes allow us to achieve the highest possible precision while performing the procedure with minimal intervention.
• By using the market’s “gold standard” (leading top-quality) materials, we aim for the strongest and most long-lasting restoration possible.

Our main goal is your health, the highest quality, a strong and long-lasting filling result, and maximum attention from the dentist to every patient.

Caries is damage to the tooth tissue, where healthy tooth tissue is dissolved by acids produced by oral bacteria.

Acids are released as a by-product of bacterial metabolism when bacteria feed on carbohydrates present in the mouth. That is why sweets and unremoved plaque are an excellent breeding ground for bacteria to multiply and release acids that dissolve tooth tissue, forming caries (a cavity) in the tooth.

If caries is not treated in time, it spreads until it reaches the nerve inside the tooth. Pain is then felt and root canal (nerve) treatment becomes necessary — regular tooth filling is no longer sufficient.

The key to preventing caries and nerve damage:

• brush your teeth regularly in the morning and evening;
• attend professional oral hygiene appointments to prevent hard tartar, which forms over time due to minerals in saliva and cannot be removed with a regular toothbrush;
• visit your dentist for a preventive check-up at least once a year to catch the smallest cavities and avoid nerve damage.

The tooth filling procedure (duration: 20 min – 1.5 hr per tooth):

1. Anaesthesia to prevent pain and discomfort.
2. Removal of caries-damaged tissue with special instruments.
3. Anatomical filling of the cleaned cavity with composite material, cured with a UV lamp.
4. Bite adjustment.
5. Polishing of the filling with special burs, polishers and strips (if interdental).

Recommendations before the procedure:

• arrive with thoroughly cleaned teeth and interdental spaces;
• have a professional oral hygiene appointment;
• eat beforehand to reduce salivation;
• take X-rays if needed.