White Fillings - Prices
White fillings, also known as composite fillings, are highly
aesthetic fillings made of tooth coloured materials. They can be used
for bonding to improve your smile by changing the colour, shape and
size of a tooth, to fix a broken tooth invisibly and to close spaces
between the front teeth.
White fillings can also be placed in back teeth where they can be
used instead of grey amalgam fillings, which can prevent people being
self-conscious when laughing or smiling.
Disadvantages to having white fillings are that they do not tend to
last as long as silver amalgam fillings. Also, despite being fairly
inexpensive, the National Health Service will not usually allow white
fillings on the biting surfaces of back teeth. Nevertheless, this does
not apply to the sides of back teeth or to any front teeth.