When a cavity is discovered, your dentist will explain and recommend the need for a filling and the various materials available and recommended for your case. These materials will include high-quality dental ceramics, composites, and precious metals. Smiles by Hillside is an amalgam-free practice, so it does not offer silver amalgam fillings. If you have older amalgam fillings, your dentist may discuss and recommend the replacement of these now-controversial fillings with safer, more robust materials, such as ceramics or composites.

Ceramic and composite filling materials offer the exclusive aesthetics of being able to be colour-matched to the tooth being filled. This allows for a filling that is virtually “invisible”. Your dentist and a dental technician will place and sculpt your filling to perfectly match the contours of your tooth while also accurately matching your bite alignment.