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Medical Hardware
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Fillings
Fillings
can help save your teeth! Although some might dread the
experience of a dentist repairing the decay caused by a
cavity,
fillings
are a modern marvel. Without
fillings,
we would be left to live through the pain of a dieing tooth as
well as the eventual extraction of that tooth.
Cavities
begin with the decay of the hard mineralized outer layer of
the tooth (enamel).
Cavities
progress as the decay reaches the more sensitive
areas of the tooth (first the
cementum
then the
dentin
and finally the
dental pulp). After the
cavity has
decayed to the
dental pulp the tooth can and will eventually
die. How fortunity we are to have a modern marvel in
fillings,
which will stop the ugly and painful progression of a
cavity.
Consider the following types and alternatives of
fillings:
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Amalgam Fillings
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Mercury Fillings
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Porcelain Fillings
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Composite Resin (White Fillings)
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