Tooth Bonding

Enhance Your Smile with Tooth Bonding

At Desert Pearl Dentistry, Tooth Bonding offers a quick and affordable way to improve the appearance of your teeth. Whether you’re dealing with chipped or cracked teeth, minor imperfections, or exposed tooth roots, dental bonding can address these concerns and enhance your smile.

While dental bonding is not as durable as veneers, it is a cost-effective solution that can often be completed in a single visit.

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Lowering Your Risk When You Choose Tooth Bonding

Tooth bonding uses a soft resin that your dentist color-matches to your tooth, shapes, hardens with a special light, and polishes. It can improve chipped or cracked teeth, minor imperfections, and exposed tooth roots, often in a single visit. Bonding is a quick and cost-effective way to improve the look of your teeth. Here is how cost, health, and safety fit into that choice.

The Financial Risk of Putting Off a Repair

A chipped or cracked tooth can get worse if it is left alone, which can mean a bigger repair later. Bonding is a cost-effective choice that can often be finished in one visit, and research shows these restorations perform well. Desert Pearl Dentistry offers financing through CareCredit and Cherry, flexible payment plans through a third-party provider, and an in-house membership plan for patients without insurance.

FRONT-TOOTH COMPOSITE RESTORATIONS PERFORM WELL, WITH 1% TO 5% YEARLY FAILURE RATES

A review of studies on composite restorations, the same tooth-colored material used in bonding, found good clinical performance and said they may last long in clinical service.

“annual failure rates varying from 1% to 3% in posterior teeth and 1% to 5% in anterior teeth”

Demarco FF, et al., “Should my composite restorations last forever? Why are they failing?,” Brazilian Oral Research, 2017

The Health Risk of Exposed Tooth Roots

Exposed tooth roots can get decay, and decay that is not treated can cause pain, infection, and tooth loss. Bonding can address an exposed root, and the process is often completed in a single visit. At your first appointment, the team starts with a gentle exam and X-rays if needed, and talks with you about your dental goals.

THE NIH SAYS EXPOSED TOOTH ROOTS CAN GET DECAY

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research explains that receding gums, which many older adults experience, let decay-causing bacteria reach the tooth root.

“they can get decay on the exposed root surfaces of their teeth”

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, “Tooth Decay”

The Safety Risk of a Chipped or Cracked Tooth

A chip or crack can get worse if it is not repaired, which is why it helps to have it checked soon after an injury. Bonding does not have to be a big procedure, since your dentist matches the resin color, shapes it, hardens it with a special light, and polishes it to blend in with your surrounding teeth. Desert Pearl Dentistry offers same-day appointments for urgent needs, and a gentle exam with X-rays if needed shows what kind of repair a tooth requires.

THE ADA SAYS COMPOSITE RESIN RESISTS FRACTURE IN SMALL TO MID-SIZE FILLINGS

The American Dental Association describes composite resin, the same tooth-colored material used in bonding, as suitable for front or back teeth.

“Composite resins, or tooth-colored fillings, provide good durability and resistance to fracture in small- to mid-size fillings”

American Dental Association, MouthHealthy, “Composite Fillings”

Schedule Your Tooth Bonding Consultation

If you’re looking for a fast and effective way to improve your smile, Tooth Bonding may be the ideal solution for you. Contact Desert Pearl Dentistry in Rancho Mirage, CA, to learn more about this treatment and schedule your appointment today.