Tooth Bonding
TOOTH BONDING IN CEDAR RAPIDS
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. Tooth 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. McLaughlin and Dr. Mueller have been producing outstanding bonding results for their Cedar Rapids, Iowa patients for many years now. It is a speedy and effective way to brighten a smile in just one visit.
What is bonding?
Dental bonding material is a putty-like composite of plastics and dental resins. It comes in a variety of shades. Dr. McLaughlin and Dr. Mueller will 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 teeth.
Bonding can address many problems
Any small defects such as the following can be corrected quickly by artistic use of teeth bonding:
- Chips
- Cavities
- Stains
- Light crookedness
- Slight misalignment
- Small gaps between teeth
- Mismatches in size of adjacent teeth
Dr. McLaughlin and Dr. Mueller apply the bonding and shape 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 he makes 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. McLaughlin or Dr. Mueller then applies a conditioning liquid and the bonding material. When it’s the right shape and both you and he 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.
If you would like to enhance your smile in one simple visit through tooth bonding, please contact Dental Touch Associates in Marion, Iowa. Dr. Blaine McLaughlin and Dr. Meghan Mueller have been serving cosmetic dentistry patients in Iowa for well over a decade now.
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