Dental Tooth Bonding

The term bonding is used in dentistry to describe permanently attaching dental materials to your teeth using dental adhesives and a high-intensity curing light. Whether you realize it or not, you’ve probably received a dental treatment involving an either form of dental bonding: direct composite or adhesive bonding of restoration (crown, bridge, porcelain veneer, inlay/onlay) that was created in a laboratory or in-office.

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF DENTAL BONDING?

Advantages:

  • Dental bonding is among the easiest and least expensive of cosmetic dental procedures.
  • Bonding can usually be done in one office visit unless several teeth are involved.
  • Dental bonding involves the removal of less tooth enamel than veneers or crowns.
  • Anesthesia is usually not required.

Disadvantages:

  • While composite resin is somewhat stain-resistant, it’s not as stain-resistant as a crown or veneer.
  • The composite resin may eventually chip or break off the tooth after three to ten years