“Do fillings make your teeth stronger?”
I am a 33 year old female. I want to know if fillings make your teeth stronger?
7 Answers
No. A filling is a replacement for damaged tooth structure. The best tooth is one with no decay or filling in it. Once decay is there, the integrity of the tooth is less. The larger the filling the less strong it will be. Placement of a crown which covers all of the tooth could make it stronger
Fillings do not make your teeth stronger. On the contrary, every cavity you get that requires a filling to be placed makes your tooth weaker. It's like putting another hole in a joist in your house and filling it with something strong - the material filling that hole can be monumentally strong, but the joist is still weaker and prone to cracking/breaking from stress - just like your teeth.
Hello,
Nope, fillings are just like a cork in a bottle. Best you can do is avoid all sweets, acidic drinks, soda/carbonated beverages. Also, floss daily to avoid needing fillings in the first place.
Blessings,
Dr. J.B. Lago
Nope, fillings are just like a cork in a bottle. Best you can do is avoid all sweets, acidic drinks, soda/carbonated beverages. Also, floss daily to avoid needing fillings in the first place.
Blessings,
Dr. J.B. Lago
Wow, this is a great question and very easy and hard to answer.
First, as a dentist who believes in prevention there is nothing better than your own god given teeth. Having said that, cavities and accidents happen. For the record, the silver amalgam fillings weaken teeth. Small conservative tooth colored fillings may provide the best protection, the larger any filling gets the less protection of the tooth it provides, which is why large fillings become crowns and the continued path of needing dentistry continues.
First, as a dentist who believes in prevention there is nothing better than your own god given teeth. Having said that, cavities and accidents happen. For the record, the silver amalgam fillings weaken teeth. Small conservative tooth colored fillings may provide the best protection, the larger any filling gets the less protection of the tooth it provides, which is why large fillings become crowns and the continued path of needing dentistry continues.
Nothing is as strong as a tooth with no fillings.
No, the purpose of the filling is to repair decay
No they do not. They are a way to fix broken down teeth you would otherwise have to remove.
