Do you Want a More Elegant Smile?
One way to achieve your dream smile is through the use of dental bonding. This procedure is perfect for patients interested in a more beautiful smile, but who don’t want to spend too much money or face a procedure that is too invasive. Dr. Tadros can carry out this procedure in only one visit, giving you a more elegant smile in a single day. The procedure is virtually painless, requiring no pain medication or local anesthesia.
Dental bonding can be a great cosmetic dentistry option for many patients looking to restore the beauty of their smile. Using a composite that matches the color of your teeth, dental bonding allows Dr. Tadros to improve many parts of your smile, both for cosmetic and oral health reasons.
This is a good treatment option for a variety of oral health and appearance concerns:
- Chipped teeth
- Cracked teeth
- Decaying teeth
- Cavities
- Small gaps between teeth
- Teeth that are too short
- Teeth that look old
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Dental Bonding
Dental bonding is the process of using a tooth-colored resin to restore and improve a patient’s smile. Bonding is used in a variety of situations, for example, it is used to:
- Fill cavities
- Repair chipped teeth
- Repair cracked teeth
- Reshape a tooth
- Protect a part of the tooth’s root that has been exposed by receding gums
Advantages
Dental Bonding procedures are so popular and frequently performed for several reasons. Advantages apply to dental bonding procedures and in relation to other procedures. For example:
- It is one of the cheapest cosmetic dental procedures.
- With close to zero room for complications this is a simple and very easy procedure.
- Bonding can usually be started and completed in the same office visit.
- Minimal amounts of natural tooth enamel is removed before applying the bonding (significantly less removed compared to veneers and crowns).
- Anesthesia is not required unless filling a cavity.
Disadvantages
At the same time, there are also some disadvantages.
Nothing artificial ever really works as well as the original and natural form. Disadvantages include:
- They are not as stain resistant as crowns.
- Bonding is not as strong compared to other restorative procedures (crowns, fillings, veneers, etc).
- Bonding does not typically last as long as other restorative procedures.
- When under excessive pressure, bonding materials can chip and break off parts of the tooth.
As a result of these limitations and the nature of its advantages. Dental bonding is used by dentists more commonly for small cosmetic changes, temporary corrections or teeth with low bite pressure.