Fillings help restoring our teeth damage. A dental filling, also called a dental restoration, is intended to replace tooth structure lost to decay.
When your dentist gives you a filling, he or she first removes the decayed tooth material, cleans the affected area, and then fills the cleaned area.
The fillings are made of different materials. No one type of filling is best for everyone, what is right for you will be determined by your dentist; whether you have allergies to certain materials, where is needed the filling and the cost. The next are fillings most used by dentists: