Dental restoration or what is commonly also known as dental filling is used for restoring the functionality of teeth.
Your teeth can get broken or chipped down due to several reasons.
One of the reasons could be caries, where the bacterial activity on tooth surface damages it severely and starts creating cavities in the tooth structure itself.
Another reason could be an external trauma like a fall from height or an accident or during a collision while playing something like football or basketball etc.
A third probable reason why this procedure might be necessary for you could be because of a cosmetic surgery for teeth shaping that you might have undergone previously.
This procedure has been practiced for a long time now and till some time ago most of this process was done using metals like gold and silver.
But nowadays there are several materials available which match the color and structure of your original teeth.
This process can be of two types, direct and indirect.
Direct dental restoration is done in cases where the filling to done is not large.
The dental filling is applied after the decayed or damaged part has been chipped of and the tooth has been prepared.
It sets quite fast but is not a big success when multiple dental restorations have to be performed.
Indirect dental restoration is used in cases where more than one tooth is damaged and it involves the use of onlays, inlays, bridges, crowns etc.
Dental cement is used to permanently bond the filling to the tooth.