Davies & Associates Dental Surgeons

Davies & Associates Dental Surgeons

Dentist in Marylebone, West End, W1G 6AW

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About the Business

Davies and Associates are a multi-disciplined dental practice offering cosmetic dentistry in Harley Street - right at the heart of London's medical district. We aim to provide our patients with the highest quality dental care in our state of the art practice, which offers a relaxed and professional atmosphere.

Your recommendations are the key to our growth as a practice, so if you know someone who you would like to recommend to us, we’ll be happy to give them a call. We may even send you a little something as a thank you!
Business Services
Composite Fillings

Composite Fillings

Most people with a history of dental work will have had a filling at some point in their life, but nowadays people are increasingly conscious of the physical appearance of their smile. For those looking for an alternative to the traditional silver coloured amalgam fillings, composite fillings provide a more natural looking tooth coloured solution.

Originally introduced in the 1960's, a composite resin involves filling a tooth coloured plastic mixture with silicon dioxide. They were originally intended to be used exclusively for the front teeth due to their soft composition, yet modern advancements in technology mean the can be used anywhere.

The placement of a composite filling can be a little more complicated than the traditional silver fillings, so the procedure may take an additional 15-20 minutes to complete. Composite fillings are considered a cosmetic dental procedure - they are not available through the NHS and must be paid for privately.

Although composite fillings are more aesthetically pleasing than silver fillings, they don't tend to last as long. However, the newer materials being used in modern composites have comparable properties to silver amalgam, and have so far been shown to last longer than the old composite. The expected lifespan of your composite filling will depend where it is in your mouth and the depth of the cavity. Your dentist should be able to advise how long they expect it to last.

Amalgam fillings

Amalgam fillings

Amalgam fillings are silver in colour and are probably the best known and most commonly used type of filling. Dental amalgam is made up of various chemicals including mercury which on its own can be harmful, yet when it is combined with the other materials involved it is perfectly safe. There has been extensive testing of the safety of dental amalgam over the last 100 years, and they have found no reason to believe that amalgam is medically harmful.

Amalgam fillings are a practical solution due to the resilience of the material and the fact that they are the extremely cost effective due to their availability on the NHS. Other types of fillings, such as tooth coloured composite fillings or gold fillings, are considered cosmetic dental treatments and are not available to NHS patients.

Location & Hours

111 Harley Street

Marylebone, W1G 6AW
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