Dental filling is needed when the portion of the tooth needs to be replaced.
- Dental caries
Dental caries or decay to a common man are those black spots on your teeth that you can see or those areas where the food gets stuck. - Broken tooth
Fillings are done to repair a tooth that has been broken because of trauma. - Cosmetic fillings
In case of brown stains like in fluorosis tooth-colored fillings can mask the underlying brown or white stains. - Core buildup
Restoring the part of a tooth that has been removed for root canal treatment is a core buildup.