Fillings and restoration

What the visit includes

• Materials from Japan and Germany
• Precise anatomical relief
• Tight seal and durability
• Tervisekassa benefit 60 €/year

When this procedure is needed

• 01There is a dark spot or a cavity on the tooth.
• 02The tooth reacts briefly to sweet and cold.
• 03Food gets stuck between teeth — hidden caries is usually there.
• 04An old filling has darkened at the edge, chipped or fallen out.
• 05A front tooth is chipped after an injury.

How the visit goes

1. 1
   Examination and X-ray

   The dentist assesses how deep the damage goes. Caries between teeth shows only on an X-ray — which is why one is sometimes needed even for a small spot.

2. 2
   Anaesthesia

   Surface caries is often treated without anaesthesia. If the damage is deep, the tooth is fully numbed.

3. 3
   Removing caries and filling

   The damaged tissue is removed, the cavity is filled with composite layer by layer and cured with a lamp.

4. 4
   Polishing and bite check

   The filling is shaped to the tooth and the bite is checked: a filling that sits too high gets in the way and damages the tooth.

After the procedure

• A composite filling sets immediately — you can eat as soon as the anaesthesia wears off.
• For the first couple of hours avoid coffee, tea and red wine: a fresh filling stains more easily.
• If the filling gets in the way when you close your teeth, come in — it is adjusted in a few minutes, there is no need to put up with it.
• Brief sensitivity to cold in the first days is normal after deep caries.

Prices for this service:

Frequently asked questions

How long does a filling last?

A composite one lasts five to seven years with normal hygiene. Night-time clenching and chewing hard things shorten that.

Why has the filling darkened at the edge?

A microscopic gap has appeared between the filling and the tooth. It is replaced before caries gets in — then the work stays small.

Can caries be treated without an injection?

Surface caries often can be. Deep caries is better treated with anaesthesia: otherwise you have to endure it, and that gets in the way for both of us.

How do I know I have caries if nothing hurts?

You do not — early caries is invisible to the eye, and pain starts once the decay has reached the nerve. Between the teeth and under old fillings it shows only on a scan. That is why a check-up once a year costs less than a root canal.

What should I do if a piece of a tooth breaks off?

Call the same day, even if it does not hurt. A chip leaves dentine exposed, and decay travels deeper through it faster. If the fragment is large and intact, put it in milk or saline and bring it along: sometimes it can be bonded back.

My tooth reacts to hot or cold — what does that mean?

It depends how it reacts. A short pain from cold that passes at once is usually an exposed tooth neck or thinned enamel: fluoride treatment and a sensitive-teeth paste deal with it. Pain that lingers after the trigger is gone, especially from heat and at night, is the nerve, and that needs a root canal. The difference cannot be judged by eye, so it is better to come while it is still the first kind.