Dental Bonding | Queens, Brooklyn, New York
Children's active lifestyles often lead to tooth damage, such as chips and cracks. Dental bonding effectively repairs these damages to their permanent teeth, restoring both their appearance and smile.
What is dental bonding?
Dental bonding involves a minimally invasive restorative technique used to repair cracked, discolored, or chipped teeth. Additionally, dental bonding can close small gaps and spaces between teeth or modify the length and shape of teeth. The materials used for dental bonding are safe for your child and will not interfere with your child's healthy life.
Dental bonding is done in a single visit. The surface of the tooth is made rough and composite resin is applied to the damaged areas of the tooth. An etchant may be applied on the tooth prior to composite resin. The etchant is a chemical that serves like an adhesive and helps in the curing of the resin. To ensure natural aesthetics, the tooth is shaped to match the other teeth. A curing light is then applied to set the resin into a hard mass that solidly bonds to the tooth.
Ordinarily, dental bonding treatment is done only on the surface of a tooth, meaning anesthesia will probably not be required for your child, and they should not feel any pain during this appointment. Usually, very little tooth structure is altered; thus, bonding preserves as much of your child's tooth structure as possible.
What to expect after dental bonding?
Children can brush and floss their teeth normally after dental bonding. To ensure their dental bonding remains intact, they should avoid chewing hard objects like ice or fingernails. Using their mouth to open a bag or bottle should be avoided; this habit is a surefire way to break a bonded tooth.
While dental bonding provides a quick fix for minor repairs, it is important for keeping the child's tooth even more healthy. The composite resin acts as a shield between the child's tooth and the mouth, therefore preventing bacteria and tartar from entering and inflicting damage on the tooth.
What are benefits?
Dental bonding comes with many advantages:
Provides smile restoration
Dental bonding repairs your child’s tooth so they feel confident when they smile. We use customized bonding material that matches the shade of your child’s other teeth to ensure that the bonded tooth looks natural.
Offers fast results
Dental bonding takes one appointment, making it an ideal treatment for families with busy schedules. Most appointments for dental bonding take less than an hour.
More affordable than other restorative procedures
Compared to other restorative treatments, like a crown, dental bonding is a budget-friendly option for fixing your child’s damaged tooth.
