Have you recently learned a bit about the benefits of dental bonding? If so, you know that some of those small imperfections that cause you to feel less than thrilled about your smile’s appearance can be gone in the blink of an eye with bonding. Fortunately, it allows us to place what looks like additional tooth tissue where your smile could use more. Does this sound along the lines of what you have been hoping to achieve but you would like more information? Test your knowledge and learn more about the details with the following quiz:

Dental Bonding: A True-or-False Quiz

1. True or False: We can create the illusion of a longer tooth if one or more of your teeth looks shorter than those surrounding it.
2. True or False: Bonding is a simple procedure that requires us to apply composite to your tooth, shape the material, harden it, and then polish your tooth.
3. True or False: In addition to lengthening your teeth, bonding is primarily good for smoothing out rough areas.

Dental Quiz Key

1. True. Dental bonding allows us to extend the length of your teeth to improve the uniformity of your entire smile.
2. True. Dental bonding really is that simple. We will begin by color-matching the composite – a synthetic acrylic-resin material – to the shade of your tooth for a beautiful finish. We will then apply layers of the composite to the target site, manipulate it into the desire shape (or place it in a flat layer to offer camouflaging), harden it with a special curing light, and then polish the entire area for a completed cosmetic improvement.
3. False. To smooth rough areas, you would benefit from contouring. Bonding adds the illusion of tissue, rather than taking it away, which may offer you one or more of the following: longer teeth, spaces between teeth closed, fixed chips, covered stains, and camouflaged cracks. 

ABOUT YOUR CONROE DENTIST:

The Dental Centre of Conroe, John M Richards DDS delivers distinctive cosmetic, restorative, and implant dentistry for residents of Conroe, Houston, The Woodlands, Willis, Huntsville, and the neighboring communities. For more information about our services, or to schedule an appointment, contact us by calling (936) 441-4600.