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Open Wide: Everything You Need To Know About Fillings

Posted on : June 3, 2015  By : Wellness

Brushing your teeth twice a day and limiting the amount of sugar that you eat can help keep your teeth in a healthy way – therefore reducing the chance that you will need extensive dental treatment. There are several things that can harm the health of your teeth, including too much sugary sweets, drinks and chocolate. Having sweets or a fizzy drink as an occasional treat is okay, but they shouldn’t be part of your everyday diet. It’s important that you look after your children’s teeth – particularly when their adult teeth start to grow. The Apple Wellness Center is a dental office in Airdrie, which specialises in both general and cosmetic dentistry. We treat people on a regular basis for dental issues that could have easily been avoided – with the most common procedure being fillings. Do you have any fillings, or know what caused them? Do you know how to avoid getting them? Read on for everything you need to know about fillings! iStock_000044377130_Large-1024x682

What are fillings?

Fillings are used to help repair your teeth, when parts have been eroded away as a result of tooth decay or been damaged. Everyone has bacteria that lives on your teeth, and when we eat something that is sweet or sugary, it causes the bacteria to leave behind a strong acid that burns through teeth – therefore causing a cavity. It’s this cavity – or hole – that will need to be filled by the dentist.

The filling procedure?

The filling procedure will generally be the same at any dentist that you visit, but your experience will always depend on their professionalism, experience and skill.

Numbing

The first thing that the dentist will do is numb an area of the mouth that is closest to the tooth that’s going to be receiving a filling. This is done by injecting an anesthetic into the gum, which will start to numb the mouth almost immediately. Once this has taken affect, you shouldn’t be able to feel any other work that the dentist will do. No one wants to feel their tooth being drilled!

Drilling

Your dentist will then drill into your tooth so that they can remove any of the decay that is still there. How long this takes will depend on the size of the area and how big the decay is.

You might feel a slight vibration but the procedure shouldn’t hurt. If it does, more numbing can always be done! You shouldn’t be afraid of telling your dentist that you can still feel what they are doing.

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Clean and Fill

Once your dentist believes that all the decay has been removed from the offended tooth or teeth, they will give it a clean so that it’s ready to be filled. This way, they will be able to check if the cavity has been successfully removed. Once they are satisfied, they will fill the hole.

Your mouth will probably remain numb for a few hours afterwards, so you will want to be careful when you eat or drink – no biting yourself! We usually recommend that you don’t eat or drink for at least an hour.

 

Gold, Silver or White

Your tooth will either be filled with a gold, silver amalgam or white composite resin filling (which is tooth coloured and blends in a lot better). Silver was used mainly in the past, with white costing extra but these days your dentist is mostly likely to use a white filling as the standard choice. It looks better, as it looks just like part of your tooth.

Foods to avoid

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Whether you’ve just got a filling, have a mouth full of them or are lucky enough to never of needed one, there are certain foods that you should avoid eating to keep your teeth in the best health. Some of them are obvious, and some of them will come as a surprise to you. These are:

  • Sweets and chocolate
  • Cakes
  • Biscuits
  • Honey
  • Ice cream
  • Fizzy pop such as cola
  • Fruit juice (Especially fresh juice)
  • Dried Fruit

You should keep these foods and drinks to a minimum – eat in moderation if at all.

If you are suffering from tooth decay, or you are due a check-up at the dentist, we can help you out.

Our dental practice has years of experience and we provide excellent customer service. There is no need to fear the dentist; you’ll be in great hands.

You can contact us by giving us a call on 587-332-6767 and a member of staff will help you out.

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