Tooth Bonding & Tooth-Colored Fillings

Tooth Bonding–Esthetic Mercury Free Fillings

Tooth bonding is to teeth what wood filler is to wood – the process of using a resin putty to build up an object to the size and shape desired. Like all other cosmetic dentistry techniques, tooth bonding has its benefits and its drawbacks. Dr. Gibbs is fully conversant with the methods involved and has kept up with the latest techniques and materials, to ensure the maximum quality of tooth repair is delivered straight to your mouth.

Tooth bonding can be a great way to restore damaged teeth and give you a perfect smile. For instance, your teeth may have been chipped in a fall, a car accident, while working, or in some other circumstance. Changes in tooth color, such as darkening or yellowing, are also frequent causes for people to seek tooth bonding treatment.

There are many compelling reasons to repair damaged teeth. For one, broken or chipped teeth can impact your self-confidence, social interactions, romantic relationships, and even professional opportunities. Additionally, teeth with chips or cracks are more prone to further damage, such as fractures, cavities, or even infections. Thankfully, cosmetic dental bonding can quickly and effectively restore your smile to its full, bright, and beautifully balanced appearance!

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How Tooth Bonding Works and Why It’s Useful

Tooth bonding involves enhancing and rebuilding damaged teeth using a durable, medical-grade dental resin. This high-quality material not only restores the tooth’s appearance but also significantly strengthens it. Unlike silver-mercury fillings, which can increase the risk of fractures by up to 75%, bonded resin offers a superior solution—restoring up to 95% of the tooth’s original strength. It’s a reliable, effective way to repair and protect your smile!

The first step is color matching the bonded resin so that it will blend into your teeth rather than standing out.
After this, the surface of your teeth are roughened very slightly to give some texture for the resin to “grab,” and a conditioning agent is applied to them so the resin adheres well.
The bonded resin is placed and carefully shaped to match the outlines of the tooth, extending them into the missing area.
Depending on the resin that is appropriate for the job, setting it with a high-intensity light may be necessary.
Finally, the new construction is polished and shaped until it matches the contours of your tooth. At the end of this process, it is nearly indistinguishable from the natural teeth around it.
The resin grips the tooth and bonds with it both chemically and through micro-mechanical connections. The resin is inert and contains no potentially dangerous chemicals once hardened. This is in sharp contrast to silver-mercury filling.
Tooth bonding can be used for a single tooth or for the whole smile area all at once.
Applications for this technique include closing gaps between teeth, lengthening small or worn-down teeth, whitening stained or dark teeth, restoring and protecting a chipped tooth, or replacing old, dangerous silver-mercury amalgam fillings.

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