What You Need to Know About Dental Bonding

Got a chipped or cracked tooth? Don’t have enough budget for an expensive cosmetic dental procedure? Dental bonding might be the right solution. It is one of the easiest and cheapest dental procedures. With dental bonding, a dental composite which is mainly plastic or resin is used as a filling and is bonded to your teeth to correct minor imperfections. Dental bonding is used in:

* Filling a decayed tooth
* Repairing cracked or chipped teeth
* Improving discolored teeth
* Fill spaces between teeth

After thorough assessment of your dental problem, your dentist will decide whether you need a direct or indirect bonding. Direct bonding is what we commonly call “dental bonding” indirect bonding is your “porcelain veneers” or ceramic coverings. Dental bonding differs from porcelain veneers in:

* Materials used in dental bonding a composite material, mainly plastic or resin is used. In porcelain veneers as the name suggests it uses porcelain or ceramic.

* Cost – the process is way much cheaper than porcelain veneers

* Length of procedure – with dental implants, the fillings are prepared in the dental clinic on the day of the procedure, whereas with porcelain veneers a waiting period is required for the veneers to be finished in a dental laboratory before fitting can be done.

* Requires a single dental visit to finish. Porcelain veneers need two or more visits to complete.

Dental bonding process is relatively short depending on the extent of the problem. Local anesthesia may not be used unless filling of a decayed tooth is needed. First your dentist will assess your problem and prepare the resin filling for your tooth. They will match the color of the composite material to the shade of your teeth to make it look like your original teeth. To make the bonding material stick better to the tooth, the surface of the tooth is etched and an adhesive material is applied. After proper color-matching and preparation of the tooth to be bonded, the resin is placed, hardened by a special light, shaped and polished. The whole process usually lasts 30-60 minutes for each tooth. After that, the patient is good to go and can even go back to work right away.

With this procedure, you can easily solve your minor dental problem without spending a fortune. It can improve you pearly whites and doesn’t need much maintenance. Proper oral hygiene like brushing your teeth two times daily and flossing are enough to make your dental fillings last for 3 to 10 years.

Got a chipped or cracked tooth? Know why and when you should you consider dental bonding visit our Dental Clinic in Vivekanand Nagar for more information.

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