Tooth Colored Fillings

Dr. Hagen and Dr. Roehl both feel that they wouldn’t put something in a patient’s mouth that they wouldn’t want in their own mouth. Tooth colored fillings have taken a higher precedence over the silver fillings of the past. Tooth colored fillings replace decayed tooth structure to help prevent your tooth from further decay and breakdown. Fillings are bonded into place, which literally “glues” the filling to your tooth. When there is not enough healthy tooth structure to restore with a tooth colored filling, then we look into a crown or only to restore the tooth