Dental fillings

Dental fillings are used to fill a cavity (a hole that has formed in your teeth) or other damage such as a chipped tooth. Cavities get bigger over time and can progress to more complex concerns, so the sooner they’re spotted and filled, the less likely you are to have problems later.

These days, no one needs to know if you have a filling. Your Sturminster Dental Care dentist will carefully craft a natural looking filling that’s virtually indistinguishable from the rest of your teeth.

Our focus at Sturminster Dental Care is on preventative dentistry. During your routine oral health assessments your dentist or dental hygienist will flag any concerns they spot that may lead to cavities, advising a home care routine to focus on these areas before they progress.

Dentist

Ian Mercer

Ian joined Sturminster Dental Care in January 2016. lan-qualified from Guys Hospital Dental School in 1991 and has spent much of his professional career in the Royal Army Dental Corps including operational commitments in many countries. lan left the army in 2012 after serving for 21 years. Ian is really enjoying being part of the team and providing the best care to all of our patients.

Ian Mercer
Patient Reviews

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The biggest compliment we receive is when our patients refer their friends and family to Sturminster Dental Care. In fact, we have built much of our practice on these valued, trusted recommendations over the years. Read our reviews to hear why our patients are recommending us…

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919 Reviews

5.0

31st July 2026

Lovely dentist who explained everything and put a nervous patient at ease

28th July 2026

Its convenient staff are friendly and informative

28th July 2026

The attentiveness of the clinician and the reception staff.The practice has nice relaxed feel, especially when attending with children.

25th July 2026

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25th July 2026

This particular hygienist (Wendy) is very gentle, careful, helpful anx sympathetic to sensitive patient.

23rd July 2026

Always helpful, supportive, quick to respond to calls or emails, friendly team, cleanliness and comfort is brilliant.

22nd July 2026

The Dentist, Dr. Colin Orman is extremely experienced and provides first class treatment. I trust his judgement completely as his standard of work is excellent.

18th July 2026

A friendly, efficient and reassuring team of people in the practice.

17th July 2026

Everything was great. The staff, the practice, the cleanliness and the service. All round fantastic. The team make me actually like going to the dentist!I could not recommend the practice highly enough.

15th July 2026

Dentist (Ian) was super friendly and professional. He made my pain go away within 24 hours which was superb.

9th July 2026

Easy, friendly, on time

9th July 2026

The dentist, Emanuel, is delightful, gentle and competent

9th July 2026

Great service, very informative and quick service

9th July 2026

Long term customer. Always friendly, professional and make sure I fully understand the process. Excellent

8th July 2026

All staff polite, helpful and professional. Ian is extremely knowledgeable and can alleviate any fears I may have as well as being very thorough. I have a very confidence in him and the reception team.

7th July 2026

I phoned Sunday and left a message explaining my problem. I had a text message on the Monday morning asking me to phone the practice. I phoned and was offered an appointment for that morning. I was thrilled!! The result of the filling on my front tooth was absolutely fantastic..I’m so very happy with the result. Thank you Dr Orman

5th July 2026

Disappointed that for first appointment of day at 08:30 doors were not opened earlier, say at least 10 minutes before hand!

4th July 2026

The knowledge , professionalism and empathy shown by Haseeb, the dentist.

2nd July 2026

Everything runs so smoothly, and the filling was done without me experiencing any discomfort

29th June 2026

Clinicians always show excellent knowledge of my history, always thorough, always give clear & detailed explanations, FOH always work hard to ensure timely appointments & are knowledgeable about clinical procedures, and everyone is friendly and welcoming. I ALMOST enjoy going to the dentist !!!!

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