Before and after photos on cavities caries and tooth decay mean the same thing performed in our General Dentistry office.
![tooth decay, cavity, dental caries, x-ray, photo, picture, diagnosis, extraction](/images/atlas/tooth-decay-cavity-dental-caries-1881.jpg)
Extensive tooth decay (dental caries) that requires tooth extraction. The arrows in the X-ray and picture show the cavity.
![broken silver filling, cavity, tooth decay, dental bonding, white filling, carious lesion](/images/atlas/broken-silver-filling-cavity-tooth-1878.jpg)
Before and after photos show the cosmetic benefit of changing broken silver fillings to dental bonding.
![Dental Decay tooth Cavity oral Diagnosis Color teeth cavities caries silver fillings amalgam](/images/atlas/dental-decay-tooth-cavity--1432.jpg)
Tooth color can be an indication of decay – a carious lesion. 1) Be suspicious when tooth color is different than you would normally expect. 2) There was a large cavity in this case.
![tooth cavities silver fillings amalgam Dental Decay oral Diagnosis Color teeth cavity caries](/images/atlas/tooth-cavities-silver-fillings-amalgam-1140.jpg)
Deep tooth decay under a small silver dental filling. Diagnosis pictures.