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Filling & Restoration in Perambalur

Repair a cavity before it becomes a root canal.

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Filling & Restoration at Clear Dental Care, Perambalur

What filling & restoration involves

A filling cleans out decay and rebuilds the tooth with tooth-coloured composite that bonds to the natural surface. Caught early, a cavity is a twenty-minute appointment. Left until it hurts, the same tooth usually needs a root canal.

How the treatment goes

  1. Decay assessmentWe check how deep the cavity goes and whether the nerve is involved.
  2. Cleaning the cavityAll softened, decayed tooth is removed.
  3. Layered restorationTooth-coloured composite is bonded in and cured layer by layer.
  4. Shaping and polishThe filling is shaped to your bite and polished smooth.

Types of filling

What goes into the tooth depends on how much of it is left. A small cavity takes a straightforward tooth-coloured filling; once most of the crown has gone, a filling alone will not hold and we say so.

Tooth-coloured composite — Filling & Restoration at Clear Dental Care, Perambalur

Tooth-coloured composite

Resin shaded to match your tooth, bonded in and cured layer by layer so it grips the remaining tooth rather than just sitting in it. Invisible once polished, and done in a single twenty-minute sitting.

Best for: Small to medium cavities anywhere in the mouth, front teeth included

Composite or silver amalgam — Filling & Restoration at Clear Dental Care, Perambalur

Composite or silver amalgam

Amalgam is the old silver filling. It lasts well and costs less, but it is obvious in the mouth, needs more healthy tooth cut away to hold it in place, and does not bond to the tooth. We use composite as standard and will explain the difference if amalgam is genuinely the better call for a particular tooth.

Best for: Comparing the two before you choose — most patients pick composite

Large restoration — Filling & Restoration at Clear Dental Care, Perambalur

Large restoration

When decay has taken most of the crown, we rebuild the tooth in layers to restore its shape and bite. Be aware that a very large filling flexes under chewing and can split the remaining walls — past a certain point a crown is the honest recommendation, and we will tell you when you have reached it.

Best for: Heavily decayed or broken-down teeth that can still be saved

Aftercare

After your filling & restoration

  • Roughness or discolouration on a tooth needs a dentist immediately — filling gets much harder once pain starts.
  • You can eat normally within an hour of a composite filling.
  • Some cold sensitivity for a few days is normal.
  • If the bite feels high or uneven, come back — it takes two minutes to adjust.
  • After a large filling, avoid biting hard directly on that tooth for a few days while it settles.

If pain or bleeding gets worse rather than better, call +91 94879 39179 straight away — do not wait for the next appointment.

Questions

Filling & Restoration — your questions answered

How long does a dental filling last?
A well-placed composite filling lasts five to ten years or more. Lifespan depends on the size of the filling, your bite and how well you clean around it.
Will the filling match my tooth colour?
Yes. We use tooth-coloured composite shaded to match your natural tooth, so fillings are invisible even on front teeth.
Can a cavity be reversed without a filling?
Only the very earliest white-spot stage can be remineralised with fluoride. Once the surface has broken and formed a hole, it cannot heal itself and needs a filling.
Why fill a tooth that does not hurt?
Because that is the ideal time. A cavity that does not hurt has not reached the nerve yet, so a simple filling fixes it. Waiting for pain usually means waiting for a root canal.

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