Dark areas on composite fillings?

Dark areas on composite fillings?

I just had two back upper molars completely filled with composite resin
material, and they both have some dark areas in them. Is that normal, or should
they be totally white on all surfaces?

Thanks for any help.

Re: Dark areas on composite fillings?

ttfg wrote:
> I just had two back upper molars completely filled with composite resin
> material, and they both have some dark areas in them. Is that normal, or should
> they be totally white on all surfaces?
>
> Thanks for any help.


Had these teeth been filled before, esp. with amalgam? Old amalgams
can stain teeth, and some of this stain may remain within the dentin of
the tooth. This may appear as a grayish area at the periphery of the
resin filling.

Steve

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Re: Dark areas on composite fillings?



On Sat, 17 May 2008 14:17:21 GMT, Mark & Steven Bornfeld
<bornfeldmung@dentaltwins,com > wrote:

>ttfg wrote:
>> I just had two back upper molars completely filled with composite resin
>> material, and they both have some dark areas in them. Is that normal, or should
>> they be totally white on all surfaces?
>>



>> Thanks for any help.
>
>
> Had these teeth been filled before, esp. with amalgam? Old amalgams
>can stain teeth, and some of this stain may remain within the dentin of
>the tooth. This may appear as a grayish area at the periphery of the
>resin filling.
>
>Steve

Yes, both were previous (very old) amalgams. The larger one has a dark area
near the inside edge, the smaller one a dark area near the back edge. Guess it's
no biggie, based on your explanation..

Thanks for the help, I can rest easy.

Re: Dark areas on composite fillings?

"ttfg" wrote in message news:rept24dlo3a2ld3p7aupr29re3j1bf8ich@4ax,com ...
>I just had two back upper molars completely filled with composite resin
> material, and they both have some dark areas in them. Is that normal, or
> should
> they be totally white on all surfaces?
>
> Thanks for any help.

I had the same thing. Dentist said it was not unusual, especially for large
composite fillings. fwiw, I've already had two leaking resin fillings
changed back to silver fillings.

Re: Dark areas on composite fillings?

Just because you had a goof ball place the composites, does not mean
the amalgam is better.

;-)
Steve

>>I just had two back upper molars completely filled with composite resin
>>material, and they both have some dark areas in them. Is that normal, or
>>should
>>they be totally white on all surfaces?
>>
>>Thanks for any help.
>
>
> I had the same thing. Dentist said it was not unusual, especially for large
> composite fillings. fwiw, I've already had two leaking resin fillings
> changed back to silver fillings.
>
>