What is dental bonding, you wonder to yourself? You know that it has something to do with making your smile look more beautiful because it’s one of our cosmetic treatments. However, when you are sorting your way through a variety of options for your smile, you may find that the new terminology (and different treatments that seem similar in nature) can cause some confusion. Let’s cut to the chase and provide you with the essential details you need regarding what to make of bonding and how it might help your smile.
What It Is
Dental bonding, as you’ve realized, is a cosmetic treatment. This means that it’s a service we offer, so your smile looks more esthetically pleasing. The treatment is one that we refer to as “additive” because it allows us to manipulate a special material called “composite.” What do we do with it, you wonder? We can use it to cover problem areas, we can use it to rebuild minor damage, and we can build your tooth up in areas that are deficient.
About The Details
Now you understand that dental bonding lets us use composite (the color of which we will customize for a beautiful, natural finish) to cover, camouflage, and build up. To more fully understand how this applies to your smile, consider the following:
- For covering/camouflaging, we can use bonding to hide minor cracks, to cover up stains, to hide issues with texture.
- For building up, we can use bonding to make your tooth seem longer than it is (which can even out your smile), we can fill in little open gaps between teeth (so neighboring teeth look like they touch each other side-by-side), and we can fix chips.
