Cosmetic Bonding

Are you unhappy with minor chips and cracks on your teeth? Does a gap between your teeth make you reluctant to smile? Do you wish there were a quick, inexpensive way to take care of these and other minor cosmetic smile problems? There is: cosmetic bonding can improve the appearance of your smile by addressing minor cosmetic problems. It can be completed in just one visit, and it’s less expensive than alternative treatments like veneers and orthodontics.

Would you like to learn whether cosmetic bonding in Hawkesbury can improve the appearance of your smile? Please call (02) 4501 7930 or book an appointment today with a cosmetic dentist at Riverlands Dental in North Richmond.

What Cosmetic Bonding Can Do

Dental bonding is a very versatile cosmetic approach, and we can use it in many situations, such as:

Chipped teeth
Minor tooth cracks
Small teeth
Poorly shaped teeth
Gaps between teeth

Dental bonding can repair minor chipped teeth and cover small cracks in teeth, but we have to first make sure that it’s the best approach to addressing the problem. If the chip or crack compromises the structure of the tooth, we might recommend a different approach, such as veneers or crowns.

When we’re building up small or poorly shaped teeth, we will also carefully evaluate the situation to determine if bonding is the right choice.

Because bonding closes gaps by enlarging teeth on either side of the gap, it might not work if your teeth are already large.

Benefits of Bonding

Dental bonding is applied directly to your teeth. First, we’ll remove any damaged or decayed tooth structure. Then we’ll use an acid wash to create a rough surface so the bonding will have a stronger connection with the tooth. Then a cosmetic dentist will apply the bonding. It starts as a shapeable putty. When we achieve the shape we want, we use a curing light to harden the bonding. We may repeat these steps to build up a tooth while making sure the bonding hardens properly.

When we achieve the shape we’re looking for, we will polish the bonding to give it a shiny lustre like natural tooth enamel.

Limitations of Cosmetic Bonding

However, cosmetic bonding does have its limitations. Cosmetic bonding:

Is not as strong as other restorations
Doesn’t last as long
Vulnerable to staining

Dental bonding is not as strong as ceramic veneers or crowns, so it is liable to break in situations where it’s put under stress. As a result, it tends to last just a few years, unlike veneers, which can last a decade or more. In addition, it can get stained by dark-coloured foods and drink, and it doesn’t respond to teeth whitening.

How Dental Bonding Works

Cosmetic bonding has become a very popular approach to improving the appearance of your smile. That’s because it offers many benefits, including:

Quick
Inexpensive
Preserves healthy tooth structure
Attractive results

Cosmetic bonding’s main benefits are that it’s quick and inexpensive. Bonding can be completed in a single visit, unlike veneers or crowns, which require multiple visits to complete, and orthodontics which can take months or even a year to achieve results. It’s a fraction of the cost of these other treatments.

But bonding also benefits you by preserving your natural tooth structure. For veneers and crowns, we have to remove some tooth enamel to make room, but with bonding, we just use a light acid wash to help the bonding attach securely.

And, of course, cosmetic bonding wouldn’t be popular if it didn’t deliver attractive, natural-looking results.

These benefits make bonding ideal for quick emergency dentistry repairs or as a trial to see what cosmetic dentistry can do for your smile.

Cosmetic Bonding in Hawkesbury

If you are considering cosmetic bonding in Hawkesbury, please call (02) 4501 7930 or book an appointment today with a cosmetic dentist at Riverlands Dental in North Richmond.

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