It is the cleaning of caries and the filling of the formed cavity (cavity) with an artificial filling material.

Dental caries is currently defined as a disease that occurs in the dental tissues due to more than one cause.

Factors of Tooth Decay

* Bacterial plaque

• Eating habits; excessive consumption of acidic and sugar-rich foods

• Brushing habit; teeth should be brushed 2-3 times a day to prevent tooth decay. Especially brushing before going to bed at night is very important because food residues left in the mouth at night increase the formation of acidic environment and therefore the formation of caries.

• Sorting of teeth; If the sorting of teeth is more frequent than it should be (if there is a cross), decaying of the teeth becomes easier due to the inability of a brush or floss to enter between the teeth and the inability to clean these areas.

• Saliva structure; saliva is an oral fluid that washes the teeth and protects the teeth from decay due to the substances in its chemical structure. In some systemic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus (diabetes mellitus), and in people with night oral breathing, saliva decreases. Caries formation may increase in teeth that lack the scrubbing property of saliva.

Tooth decays can occur on the chewing surface of the tooth, on the interfaces of the teeth that come into contact with each other, or in the neck areas of the teeth. Brownish or hollows that form on surfaces that are visible to the eye are easy to detect. But X-ray diagnosis is also necessary for bruises that have not formed these symptoms.

Caries that begins in the enamel tissue of the tooth progresses to the dentin tissue when it is not treated. Dentin is a structure that dissolves more easily than enamel, and therefore the progression of caries is rapid. In a bruise that has reached the dentin tissue, the patient may have hot, cold, sour, sweet sensitivity that occurs as a result of a factor. This pain passes when the causative agent disappears.

Conservative Dental Treatment

Conservative treatment in dentistry, dental efforts to prevent the formation of caries, or decay of tissue repair by clearing proceeding to treat tooth decay extends to the lost. The patient’s anamnesis (history of his complaint and general health condition) taken at the first visit, the diagnosis made as a result of the X-rays taken, leads the doctor to make a choice about conservative or endodontic treatment. The simplest conservative treatment is recommendations that will prevent the formation of caries. The most well-known and widespread is the repair of a carious tooth with the help of filling materials.

For the construction of fillings in the teeth, it is necessary that the tooth tissue is impaired for various reasons (caries, abrasion, discoloration and structural disorder, developmental, trauma, etc.). With the help of the filling, it is aimed to restore the lost aesthetics and function of the natural tooth. Various materials are used for the construction of the filler. The filling materials used today are amalgam, composite materials (Aesthetic Filler) and porcelain. Currently, the use of amalgam (silver content and silver color) fillings is decreasing, while the use of composite and porcelain fillings of natural tooth color is increasing.

Types of Dental Fillings

– Composite Fillings

Composite is an aesthetic filling material produced as an alternative to amalgam fillings, adheres to the hard tissue of the tooth with the help of a binding agent, has a lot of color options and has been used for many years. Composite fillings are placed layer by layer on the tooth and each layer is hardened with light. It is shaped according to the tooth, corrected and polished in the same session(polishing process is performed.) It is preferred as a filling material for the front teeth due to its aesthetics and ease of application. Composite fillings have a very large role in modern conservative dentistry. Composite applications are more economical than porcelain and gold fillings and are a filling technique that requires a single session.

The composite material used in composite fillings is not as hard as the natural tooth. The material may be damaged by nail eating, hard foods and pen biting. The life of the filler application depends on your oral habits and the size of the filler

After cleaning the caries, the color of the tooth is determined, a pasty composite material is applied. It is shaped, after which the substance is hardened with a light device. After the filling material has hardened, the height of the filling is taken and the anatomical shape of the filling is given by the finishing process. Then the material is polished until it shines, like any other surface of the tooth surface. The process takes approximately 30 minutes to an hour to complete. Tea, coffee, cigarettes and other substances can stain the filler. In order to prevent or minimize stains, it is necessary to stay away from food that leaves stains for the first 48 hours after any cleaning procedure. In addition, regular brushing of your teeth and a routine visit to the october are necessary.

– Porcelain Fillings (Inlay, Onlay, Endocrine)

Porcelain fillings are fillings with superior aesthetics and durability prepared in computer-aided CAD-CAM systems and laboratory environment. Compared to composite fillings, they are much more compatible with the tooth and neighboring teeth to which they are applied. After removing the broken, rotten or old filled part of the tooth, the remaining intact part is measured digitally and the fillings with excellent aesthetics and function prepared with a precise technology are obtained. The most advanced technology is used in the preparation of this porcelain filling, healthy tooth tissue in the mouth is not touched, maximum retention is achieved with minimal loss of substances. Edge leakage is minimal, as they are made of a compressed special porcelain and are not hardened in the mouth. In addition, these porcelain are the materials closest to the hardness of the tooth and most compatible with the gums. Because its hardness is very close to the enamel tissue of the tooth, it does not erode the teeth like other porcelain, and it does not erode like composite fillings. Especially in case of large material losses, preference should be given to composite filler or crown(coating) instead.