I frequently see patients in my office who have old metal fillings that make their teeth look dark and gray. Many patients hate the look of them, but don’t understand that the real problem with these fillings may be what they can’t see.

Metal fillings in your tooth act like metal outside your tooth, meaning they expand and contract when exposed to heat fluctuations. All this movement can crack your tooth. And it can create gaps between the filling and the tooth, letting bacteria get in under the filling, causing undetected decay.

My advice? Replace them with safer, stronger tooth colored fillings. Tooth colored fillings are made a composite resin or porcelain. They restore your teeth to strength, don’t react to temperature changes and virtually disappear in your smile. It’s a win-win-win!

To learn more about tooth colored fillings, read here: https://www.buckheadgadentist.com/general-dentistry/white-fillings/