Dental Fillings

Tooth-colored “resin” fillings For over 100 years, dentists have been using silver-mercury amalgam fillings to restore decayed or broken teeth. The only other alternative was gold and that was always too expensive for most patients. Now, at Distinctive Dentistry in Naperville, there is a new and economical way to restore teeth using tooth-colored resin fillings. The resin is made up of glass particles in a plastic matrix. Conrad Magno bonds the putty-like material to the tooth with a high-intensity light. This hardens the material and allows it to be shaped and...