Mercury amalgam has long been the filling material of choice for dentists and while there is no denying that this is a functional, hard wearing and long lasting material the cosmetic aspects are far from ideal. Amalgam fillings may either show directly or cause your teeth to have an unsightly dark, ‘shadowed’ appearance.

White fillings are an excellent solution, quartz based ceramic fillings can be colour matched to your adjacent teeth to give you an instant improvement in your smile restoring decayed or broken portions of teeth almost invisibly. For very large fillings where the quartz composite may not be strong enough, tough cast laboratory made fillings (known as inlays) may be the answer.