Posterior Fillings

Posterior composite fillings( white fillings on back teeth) The same type of filling material used to do bondings and fillings on front teeth can be used to fill back teeth.

Traditionally, Amalgam fillings were considered the only choice for fillings on back teeth. These fillings are the greyish fillings you see in other people’s mouths, or may have in your own.

They are made primarily of mercury and silver. Now, many dentists like myself use tooth colored or composite fillings, and are having great success with them.

Over the years there has been much controversy over amalgam verses composite fillings, but I have made the choice for a variety of reasons to not use amalgam in my practice. Here are some examples of fillings I have done with composite.