Fillings

The sooner you visit the dentists to get a cavity treated, the less tooth decay will occur. For the majority of patients, filings are used to “fill” the area of a tooth where a cavity was removed. When oral decay is removed from a tooth, something must be put in the empty space in order ot prevent further damage in that area. A filling is kind of like a retaining wall for the inside of your tooth. They prevent any further damage to a tooth that has been the subject of decay, has cracked, or chipped.