Tooth-Coloured Fillings in Dubai
A filling repairs a tooth after decay or a chip: the damaged part is removed and the space is rebuilt with a tooth-coloured composite resin, shaped and polished to match the tooth. At Smart Care Polyclinic in Deira a composite filling is AED 150 and a GIC (glass ionomer) filling AED 85 per tooth, and the free consultation tells you how many you need before anything starts.
For: decay, chips, worn edges, replacing old fillings
Takes: about 30-45 minutes per tooth
Price: GIC AED 85 · composite AED 150, per tooth
What it is
A composite filling is bonded to the tooth rather than packed into it. The tooth is numbed if needed, the decay is removed, the cavity is cleaned and conditioned, and the resin is placed in layers, each set with a blue light, then shaped to your bite and polished. Because it bonds to enamel, less healthy tooth has to be removed than for the old silver fillings, and the result is invisible.
The honest comparison with amalgam. Silver amalgam fillings are no longer routinely placed here, and tooth-coloured fillings are what almost every patient wants. It is fair to say what the evidence shows: in a Cochrane review of two large trials in children, composite fillings in back teeth failed at almost twice the rate of amalgam and had more decay around their edges, on low-certainty evidence.1 In practice that means a composite filling in a big cavity on a molar is checked more carefully at each visit, and a very large one is better replaced by an onlay or crown.
When a filling is not the answer
If decay has reached the pulp, a filling will not stop the pain and root canal treatment is discussed instead. If so much tooth has gone that a filling would have nothing to hold on to, an onlay or crown is the stronger repair. A dentist who explains why the cheaper option is not appropriate is doing their job — and so is one who says a small area can be watched rather than filled.
After a filling
You can eat as soon as the numbness wears off — composite is fully set when you leave. Mild sensitivity to cold for a week or two is common in a deep filling and settles. A filling that feels high when you bite should be adjusted, not tolerated; it takes two minutes and prevents a sore tooth.
Prices at Smart Care, Deira
Fillings
Repairing a tooth after decay or a chip. Composite is the tooth-coloured, shade-matched filling; GIC (glass ionomer) is a simpler filling that releases fluoride.
- GIC fillingAED 85 per toothBook →
Root canal treatment
Treating infection inside a tooth so it can be kept rather than removed. Priced by tooth: back teeth have more canals and take longer.
- Front tooth (incisor)AED 599 per toothBook →
- PremolarAED 699 per toothBook →
- MolarAED 849 per toothBook →
Pay in 3 or 4 interest-free instalments with Tabby or Tamara
The consultation is free. Prices are per the unit shown and are confirmed in writing at your examination before treatment starts. See all dental prices →
Questions patients ask
At Smart Care Polyclinic in Deira a composite filling is AED 150 and a GIC filling AED 85 per tooth, with a free consultation first. Because it is priced per tooth, the dentist tells you the total before starting.
Many years with good care; small fillings on front teeth last longest, and large fillings on molars are the ones that eventually need replacing. They are checked at every visit and replaced when the edge starts to leak rather than when they fail.
Yes, and it is often done when the old filling is leaking or the tooth around it has cracked. Replacing a sound amalgam purely for appearance is a choice rather than a need, and the dentist will say which it is.
This guide is general information about a treatment, not advice about your teeth. Which option suits you depends on the tooth, your bite, your gums and what you want long term — all of which the dentist assesses at your free consultation before anything is agreed.
References
- Worthington HV, Khangura S, Seal K, et al.. Direct composite resin fillings versus amalgam fillings for permanent posterior teeth. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2021;2021(8):CD005620. PMID 34387873. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005620.pub3In two trials of 921 children, tooth-coloured composite fillings in back teeth failed at almost twice the rate of amalgam (RR 1.89) and had more decay around them. Low-certainty evidence, cited so the trade-off is stated rather than hidden.
Sources are listed for the specific statements they support. They are published research and guidance, not a substitute for a consultation — what applies to you is decided by a doctor who has assessed you.
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