Dental bonding is a procedure used for a
variety of circumstances to make teeth more aesthetically pleasing. Basically,
a tooth-colored resin is applied and hardened with a special light that bonds
the material to the tooth.
Why Would You Seek Dental Bonding?
Why Would You Seek Dental Bonding?
As one of the easiest and most inexpensive cosmetic dental procedures, dental bonding is used to correct a variety of imperfections. These include:
- Repair of decayed, chipped or cracked teeth
- To improve appearance of discolored teeth
- Close spaces between teeth
- Make teeth look longer or change their shape
- To protect portions of tooth roots exposed when gums recede
How Bonding is Done
Your dentist will select the color of the bonding material to match your teeth. Little preparation is required except for gently abrading or roughening the surface of the teeth involved. The resin is molded or smoothed into the proper shape after which it is trimmed and polished to match the rest of the hard tooth surface. Bonding takes anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes per tooth.
Advantages and Drawbacks
When compared with veneers and crowns, the procedure for dental bonding removes the least amount of enamel from the tooth. In addition, unless bonding is used as a filling, anesthesia is usually not required. On the downside, the bonding material may not be as strong as regular tooth enamel, even after it hardens, so it is more prone to chipping and staining in comparison to your natural teeth or veneers and crowns.
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