Composite Resins: Strengthen Your Smile
If you're self-conscious about your smile due to decayed, disfigured, or discolored teeth, you may be a good candidate for composite resins. A composite resin is simply a silicon dioxide-filled tooth-colored plastic mixture that can restore teeth to an attractive, healthy state. Composite resins represent several advantages to the patient compared with traditional silver fillings. First, Dr. Gage and Dr. Bloom are experienced, meticulous artisans, able to blend composite shades and shapes so as to match the original teeth nearly perfectly. Second, the tooth-composite bond actually serves to support to the remaining tooth structure, preventing breakage and providing insulation against temperature changes. Finally, average- and small-sized composites have demonstrated similar duration to silver fillings--seven to ten years.
And what's more, resin placement is simple. Dr. Gage or Dr. Bloom will simply prepare the teeth to be filled by removing decayed areas and cleaning all surfaces; layers the composite onto the teeth, hardening each layer with a special light; shapes it to fit your natural dentition characteristics; then polishes it to prevent staining and early wear. Depending on the size of the filling and location of the composite, this process may require 10 to 20 minutes longer than what's needed for a traditional silver filling. Although some patients notice a bit of post-placement sensitivity, this is temporary. The only caution we usually mention is that coffee, tea, and other staining types of foods and beverages may discolor your composites unless you ask to have them coated with a clear plastic sealant.
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We invite you to experience soothing dental care at its best. Call our South Burlington, VT dental office today for your free consultation with general, cosmetic, and sedation dentist Dr. Chris Theodorou, Dr. Ian Fehring, and Dr. Jonathan Bloom. Our South Burlington office provides excellent general, sedation , restorative and cosmetic dentistry services to patients of most ages in the Greater Burlington Area, New Hampshire, New York, and Canada.
Patients who have experienced sedation dentistry with our office are never afraid of a visit to the dentist again! You'll be sedated just enough to be unaware of the treatment, and be totally relaxed in the comfortable chair. You'll wake up refreshed, with little or no memory of the procedures that were completed...
