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Dr Jurgita Smiles

White Fillings — Back Teeth

This patient had old amalgam fillings in the back teeth with staining and decay creeping in around the edges. Working under rubber dam, the metal was removed, the decay cleaned back to sound tooth structure, and the teeth rebuilt with layered tooth-coloured composite — shaped to restore the natural grooves and cusps so the bite feels normal and food no longer catches. Keeping the restorations bonded and tooth-coloured preserves more of the natural tooth than a crown would. Treatment was carried out in Marylebone, London, and results shown are individual to this patient.

Shared with patient consent. Results are individual to this patient.

Clinical before and after comparison of a lower back tooth under rubber dam: an old amalgam filling on the left and a shaped, tooth-coloured composite restoration on the right.

Clinical photos

  • Clinical photograph under blue rubber dam showing the cleaned cavities in two back teeth on the left and the finished composite restorations on the right.
    Under rubber dam — decay removed and the teeth rebuilt in composite
  • Close-up clinical photograph under rubber dam of a back tooth with the decay fully removed and the cavity walls prepared for bonding.
    Close-up of the cavity after cleaning back to sound tooth structure
  • Clinical photograph under rubber dam showing metal matrix bands adapted around two prepared back teeth before the composite is layered in.
    Matrix bands in place, ready for layered composite
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