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What dental instruments do you use when filling a cavity?

Does it hurt?
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It depends on the type of restoration. We can use a laser for small cavities without any anesthesia, and fill it with composite tooth colored filling material. We can also use the CEREC to create a porcelain restoaration in one appointment (Inlays, Onlays, crowns and veneers).

Either way of making the restorations (either using the laser or high speed or electric handpieces), your procedure should be pain-free after anesthetic if it is needed.
Charles F. Pike
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Modern dentistry has become virtually pain free.

topical and local anesthetics can be given comfortably

and teeth restored looking natural without metals
P. Vernon Erwin
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Getting a cavity filled should be pain free. Once the tooth is "numb" you should not feel any pain. If you are getting a composite filling then we will condition the tooth after the cavity is removed. This includes and etch, bond, densitizer ointment and then we use an ultraviolet light to get the tooth ready to be filled with a composite. After composite is placed we cure the composite with the ultraviolet light to speed up the "curing" hardening step. then any high spots are taken down and you are done and free to eat or drink anything you like. Hope this helps
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A cavity can be filled by 3 simple tools. A drill to remove the decay, a plugger to condense the filling material and a light to cure or harden the filling. With the use of proper anesthesia, filling a cavity shouldn't hurt. DentaLux LLC prides itself in providing superb customer service and making EVERY patient feel comfortable. Call us for your free consult ! 215-745-5100
Jennifer Donskoy
2 UpVoted this answer Brian L. Kirkwood, DDS, DDS Dentist, Greenfield
Instruments? How many golf clubs in your bag? a million possibilities. The key question is "is this dentist comfortable working on people who tell him/her they can feel what they are doing". My standard is to tell my pt. if anything bothers you or hurts move your hand and we stop. Get you properly anesthetized and then continue. We can't get rid of the feeling of pressure or vibration. But no sharp pain.
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Our ofices uses the lastest advances in dental technology to complet our procedures.

By using dental anesthetics, our procedures are pain free!
Anthony DiNapoli
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Entire books are written on this question. And many years of expert training have occurred for a Dentist to be licensed and able to treat you. So rest assured you will get the right instruments used on you and the best approved filling materials possible.

Discomfort is minimal. Many modalities utilized by todays dental offices allow for minimal invasion of the tooth structure and oral cavity. Again, entire books are written to teach us how and what to do.

Trust us. But don't delay. (he who hesitates is lost) maybe that was about a tooth. : )
Brian L. Kirkwood, DDS
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We use shapers and smoothers.

It doesn't hurt.
Steven H. Poulos
The drill, the high/slow hand piece, condenser, and curing light. Once the tooth is "numb" you should not feel any pain.
I use the instruments necessary to get the job done. Those will differ on the type of filling you are having ie: white or silver. There are many techniques and tricks to making it not hurt.
Lisa M. Murray