Tooth Bonding
Addison, Frisco, Dallas, McKinney and Plano, Texas
Dental Bonding
In these days of sophisticated cosmetic dentistry, our teeth can be improved and enhanced in many ways, some more complex than others, but all effective. Dental bonding is one of the more simple procedures for transforming your smile, perhaps deceptively simple, as it takes an experienced and talented dentist to do it well. Dr. Avant has been producing outstanding tooth bonding results for his Dallas, Texas patients for many years now. It is a speedy and effective way to brighten a smile in just one visit.
What is tooth bonding?
Dental bonding, or tooth bonding material is a putty-like composite of plastics and dental resins. It comes in a variety of shades. Dr. Avant or Dr. Ragnell would choose a shade that closely matches your natural teeth. If you’d also like to whiten your teeth, that should be done first, so they can choose a shade that will match your new bright white smile.
Dental Bonding can address many problems
Any small defects such:
- Chips
- Cavities
- Stains
- Slight crookedness
- Slight misalignment
- Small gaps between teeth
- Mismatches in size of adjacent teeth
can be corrected quickly by some artistic use of dental bonding. Dr. Avant and Dr. Ragnell apply the bonding and shapes it to correct the slight crookedness, or fill the little chip. You can then look in a mirror to see if you like the general effect. Before they make it permanent, it can be fine-tuned. It could even be partially hardened, removed, and given to you to take home for a while. It will be a little shell-like shape that you can place and remove to test it and see how you like it in the next few days. At this stage it isn’t fully cured or polished, but it can give an idea of your final results.
The procedure
Unless a cavity is being filled, no anesthetic is needed. The surface of the tooth to be treated is slightly buffed, or roughened, so it will hold the bonding better. Dr. Avant or Dr. Ragnell will then apply a conditioning liquid and the bonding material. When it’s the right shape and both you and the doctor are happy with it, a curing light is used to harden it. It can be fine-tuned some more after hardening, and then will be polished to a pearly sheen. The whole procedure takes anywhere from a half-hour to an hour.
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If you live in the Dallas area would like to enhance your smile in one simple visit through dental bonding, contact Dr. Avant or Dr. Ragnell in Plano, Texas. He will give you a free initial consultation so that you can learn more about his cosmetic dentistry practice and all the effective treatments now available.
