What is a dental filling?

“So how do fillings work?

Hey again after being in this for over 20 years that’s something that really hasn’t changed. Our approach to doing fillings you know, nobody loves the drill but it is necessary but what are we really doing? We’re just removing the diseased or broken part of the tooth and when we do that it creates a void. So what’s the filling? filling is what we’re placing back in the tooth you know whether it be silver in color, not my choice. Most likely tooth colored right but that’s what we’re putting back in the tooth to restore it to health and function so that you can chew and drink and all those things without having any sensitivities that’s what it is to get a filling”