Fillings can fail. Fillings fall out, crack and are prone to secondary caries, a cavity next to or beneath the filling. Large fillings simply don’t last forever and, when a tooth has been excavated and filled too many times, we go to a crown.
Fillings can fail. Fillings fall out, crack and are prone to secondary caries, a cavity next to or beneath the filling. Large fillings simply don’t last forever and, when a tooth has been excavated and filled too many times, we go to a crown.