{"id":12194,"date":"2015-08-31T13:45:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T17:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drmaggiedavis.com\/?p=12194"},"modified":"2015-08-31T13:45:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T17:45:11","slug":"curing-cavities-with-composites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drmaggiedavis.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/31\/curing-cavities-with-composites\/","title":{"rendered":"Curing Cavities with Composites"},"content":{"rendered":"At Dr. Maggie Davis\u2019s office we do our best to teach children how to take care of their teeth, so they don\u2019t get cavities. However sometimes, even when kids keep up good oral hygiene, they can still get a cavity. While we can\u2019t really \u201ccure\u201d a cavity, the pediatric dentists that work with Dr. Maggie Davis can prevent one from decaying further by filling it up with our favorite material: Composite resin.\n\nComposite filings are the tooth-colored fillings we prefer to use. Not only are they inconspicuous, they are easy to apply and are better than silver fillings because we don\u2019t have to remove as much tooth to place them.\n\nHere\u2019s how they work:\n