A 34-year-old member asked:
Need help. i've got a blended filling on a tooth. the dentist used both white and grey filling on that tooth, why?
3 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in
Dr. Marshall Dickeranswered
Dentistry 48 years experience
Mixed colors: Sometimes you need to mix colors of tooth colored filling material to match the existing tooths color
if
u have a white and grey stripe on the tooth
seen the dentist who did the filling
to modify the restoration.
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Dr. James Wrightanswered
Dentistry 35 years experience
Ask treating Dentist: Sometimes when an old silver mercury amalgam is removed the gray stain is left behind. This could give the appearance of a blended gray and white filling. The best person to resolve this with you is the dentist who you went to for your filling.
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Dr. John Thaleranswered
Prosthodontics 43 years experience
Matching: Probably trying to best match the surrounding tooth color. We blend shades almost all the time to give you a better result.
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