What is Dental Bonding?
Dental bonding is a procedure that uses a mix of plastic resin and porcelain to coat chipped, misshapen, and gapped teeth. In just one hour, your dentist corrects the small fixes your smile needs. First, he will apply this composite material and then he will bond it to your teeth with a special light. If this process sounds familiar, that’s because it is. This is the same process we use for tooth-colored fillings to fill cavities. But, with dental bonding, you are making aesthetic changes.
Much like other dental work, the tooth bonding procedure begins with preparation. Your cosmetic dentist will first use a drill to shape your teeth before adding layers of the resin mixture. To ensure you don’t experience pain or discomfort, your dentist will administer local anesthesia as needed. After drilling, your dentist will roughen the area so your tooth can bond to the composite filling. Then, we will add a conditioning substance so your tooth becomes adhesive. After we apply and harden the mixture with a laser, we will trim, shape, and polish your tooth until it’s aesthetically pleasing.
When getting dental bonding, it’s important to find a dentist who knows how to make both functional and aesthetic fixes. Dr. Sprouse in Marietta, never stops learning the newest treatment methods and techniques. His goal is to make your smile functional and dazzling.
When to Ask Your Dentist About Dental Bonding
If you are hiding your smile for any reason, dental bonding could help you gain confidence again. Additionally, this process is quick, painless, and cost-efficient, making a smile enhancement a no-brainer. Before you consider veneers or Lumineers to enhance the aesthetics of your smile, talk to your dentist about dental bonding to correct the following issues.
- Repair broken, cracked, or chipped teeth
- Fill in gapped teeth
- Extend misshapen teeth that are too short or uneven
- Straighten crooked teeth
- Improve the appearance of discolored spots on teeth
The Benefits
Dental bonding is the easiest way to make simple fixes to your smile. Not only is this procedure easy and low cost, but you can also walk out of the dental office with the smile you wanted in just one hour.
With other cosmetic dentistry procedures, like veneers and Lumineers, we make custom tooth enhancements for your smile. In other words, we craft these replacements in the lab before application. When you get dental bonding, on the other hand, we apply the custom mixture directly to your teeth. You get your results in one visit instead of two like with veneers.
Though both procedures require a steady, practiced hand, the dental bonding application is much quicker. Generally, dental bonding takes less than one hour. However, depending on your specific smile needs, the process could take more or less time.
Your Cosmetic Dentist for Dental Bonding in Marietta
Your days of gazing at celebrity smiles in awe are over. Now, you know their secretーdental bonding to fix the small chips and cracks. With the help of your cosmetic dentist, you can also get a dazzling celebrity smile, and you can do it in under an hour.
Instead of just putting up with your smile, it’s time to show it off. Before your next dental cleaning, call us to schedule both a cleaning and a quick dental bonding procedure at the same time. To schedule a consultation about your smile, give us a call at (770) 973-1380.
