Composite bonding

There are a few factors that determine the lifespan of dental composites. Some of these include:

Diet

The more teeth-staining food and drink you consume, the faster the composite resin will stain.

Oral hygiene routine

A good oral hygiene routine at home will protect the integrity of the resins and stop the natural portion of the tooth from decaying.

The dentist

Some dentists are better than others at composite bonding. Fortunately, you’re in great hands at Artistry Dental.

We are well-known for our cosmetic dental results, as well as our consideration for the individual and how composite bonding will benefit them in both the short and long term.

Composite bonding is an ultra-versatile treatment. We can treat the following as individual problems, or all at once:

• Cracks and chips in our teeth.
• Alter the width and length of teeth to create a more balanced look with the whole face, lips, and neighbouring teeth.
• Reduce the size of small gaps in between teeth (black triangles).
• Reduce stains/improve the shade of teeth.

Before treatment, we will examine your teeth to assess their health status. If you have gum disease or decay, we will need to look at addressing this first. Sometimes your teeth could benefit from some short-term orthodontic treatment to give us more space to create better, longer-lasting restorations.

Once we give you the green light, we can start by chatting to you about what you would like to improve about your teeth, helping us to meet your expectations as closely as we can.

If you would like to whiten all of your teeth, please let us know, as this will need to be performed prior to composite bonding (as composite resin doesn’t respond to whitening gels). The dental composite can then be shade-matched to your newly whitened teeth.

Composite bonding is essentially a way to fix or improve your teeth using a tooth-coloured plastic material that gets moulded and hardened right on your tooth. Think of it like sculpting with putty.

Your dentist takes this soft, malleable material (called composite resin) and shapes it directly on your tooth to fix chips, fill gaps, change the shape, or cover stains. Once they’ve got it looking just right, they use a special blue light to harden it instantly, kind of like how UV light cures certain glues.

The material is designed to match your natural tooth colour, so when it’s done, it blends in seamlessly. It’s different from getting a crown or veneer because nothing gets made in a lab – your dentist does all the work right there in the chair, usually in just one visit.