Why You Should Choose Dental Bonding to Fill A Gap in Your Smile

You deserve to flash your pearly whites with confidence. But a gap in the smile can certainly bring down your self-esteem. There is a solution to filling in gaps in your gorgeous smile, and your Westwood dentist can help you out with the use of dental bonding. Here are a few important facts about this dental procedure.

How Does Tooth Bonding Work?

Tooth bonding is a great option for repairing damaged teeth and for closing teeth gaps. Damages range from cavities, cracks, chips, and discoloration. As for the latter, teeth gaps, or its medical equivalent, “diastema,” doesn’t exactly have one main cause. Instead, several reasons cause undersized, oversized, and missing teeth such as genetics, an oversized labial frenum, an improper reflex when swallowing, and gum disease.

The bonding method starts when a tooth-colored resin is prepared and then applied to the damaged tooth. After roughening the affected tooth’s surface, a liquid bonding agent is spread on it, followed by the composite resin. The bonded resin is solidified and hardened via a curing gun that emits ultraviolet light. The coating will include a conditioning agent so that the bonding will be reinforced. Afterward, your dentist will file and/or reshape the tooth to make it similar to the rest of your natural ivories. Finally, it is buffed to make it refined and shiny.

Dental Bonding Benefits

• Minimally Invasive

Dental bonding in Westwood, MA, is considered an uncomplicated procedure compared to bonding veneers. In fact, in many instances, anesthesia is not required, aside from deep cavity-filling operations.

We understand that for most, trips to the dentist can be daunting. Some treatments may demand more invasive approaches, especially if cavities have traveled past the enamel. This is not the case with dental composite bonding. The composite is set on the enamel itself. It will merely be etched and prepared with a roughing gel instead of being drilled inward to the tooth root. Hence, no pain or discomfort!

• Quick Treatment

Generally speaking, tooth bonding does not lead to as many visits to your dental practitioner as other types of tooth repair processes. In practical terms, that is exactly why many opt for it. It is a quick procedure that can allow you to continue going about your day soon after getting up from the dentist’s chair!

Most dental composite bonding treatments take anywhere from half an hour to an hour. It can be completed in a single appointment with your dentist in Westwood, MA. In veneer placement and similar treatments, dentists schedule patients for a series of successive dental appointments. For dental bonding, all it takes is about an hour to mend gaps between teeth.

The treatment time may run longer than average depending on the number of teeth that require repair, as well as the extent of the damage that needs to be addressed.

• As Natural as Can Be

There are specialized composite resin types that come with their own hue charts. This means dentists can ascertain that the resin they position on your teeth matches the rest of your teeth as accurately as possible. The hardened resin can also be carefully molded to imitate the appearance and aesthetic of natural teeth.

You will no longer have to feel self-conscious about people noticing your dental work. Only your dentist will be able to tell them apart!

• Perfect Alignment

Misalignments can definitely change your facial features. They may even cause jaw locking or jaw popping if left unchecked over a period of time.

However, as the composite resin in teeth bonding for gaps can be fashioned to resemble your real teeth, they can also be fashioned to ensure that the teeth on your maxillary and mandibular are perfectly aligned when you close your jaws.

• Chewing Ease

As dental bonding results in the alignment of the upper and lower jaw, this directly impacts chewing. Misalignment of the jaws and teeth may bring about discomfort whenever you eat.

On rare occasions, some people may experience chewing problems after having gone through dental bonding. If you do face this issue, a simple return-visit to your dentist can quickly resolve it. Your dentist will do some tooth-reshaping to ensure that you can chew with ease.

For more information about cosmetic bonding near you or to schedule a consultation, contact Westwood Dental Group, formerly the Office of Donald J. McLellan, DDS.