What on earth are the mysterious procedures that the dentist performs on my teeth during a tooth filling?
Time:2025-04-09
When a tooth is corroded by dental bacteria and forms a cavity, filling the tooth is necessary. Do you know what a dentist does to your tooth during the filling process?The general steps for tooth filling are as follows:
1、Use a high-speed rotating drill to grind away the corroded decayed part of the tooth. At the same time, it is also necessary to check for any remaining dental bacteria. If the decayed part is not completely removed and the tooth is filled directly, the tooth under the filling material will continue to decay, forming a larger and deeper cavity, and the filling material may fall off. Therefore, thoroughly removing the decayed part is a crucial step in the tooth filling process.

2、After removing the decayed part completely, treat the surface of the cavity so that the filling material can adhere firmly to the tooth. Use a resin material that matches the color of the tooth to fill the cavity. Depending on the size of the cavity, use appropriate tools to compact the resin material tightly in the cavity. Alternatively, after treating the surface of the cavity, take a dental impression and customize a full ceramic inlay.
3、Use special light to make the resin material harden quickly and reach a strength and hardness similar to that of the tooth. For inlay filling, it is necessary to treat the tooth surface and the inlay step by step according to the bonding standard procedures. After using the bonding agent for bonding, cure the bonding material with light.

4、Adjust, grind and polish to restore the original shape of the tooth.

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