Composite bonding facts to help you make an informed decision

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As a pocket-friendly aesthetic solution, composite bonding needs to introduction. It is a widely used procedure in modern dentistry to restore the teeth that are affected by gaps, chips, breakage, severe discolouration and even minor misalignment. The results of the treatment easily last for years together to ensure higher value of your money. But you must give your composite bonded tooth or teeth the right care and maintenance in a consistent manner. Thus the teeth can retain both their appearance and functionality.

Let us first understand the factors that affect and compromise composite bonding in course of time.

Factors affecting and compromising composite bonding over time

• Daily wear and tear

Composite resin is unquestionably durable but it is also important to mention that it wears down easily with daily use. Certain actions prove even more damaging for composite bonding and that include chewing on ice, biting on hard foods, biting nails with the teeth and teeth grinding to name a few. Each of these actions imposes a lot of unnecessary stress on the material, says a dentist who offers composite bonding in London over the years. As a result the material wears while suffering cracks, erosion of the surface and fractures, etc. To cut a long story short this is how both its strength and appearance become compromised over time.

Here are a few tried and tested tips to minimise wearing of your composite veneer.

• Do not chew on hard items like pencil tips, pen caps, certain types of nuts and celeries, etc.

• If you suffer from teeth grinding then get a custom fitted mouth guard from your dentist. Wear the mouth guard every night before going to sleep.

Staining or discolouration resulting from food and other lifestyle choices

In course of time composite material is likely to undergo staining. Staining or discolouration works out faster when you excessively indulge in popular beverages like coffee, red wine and tea. Other than these beverages any pigmented food has the same effect on your composite bonding. Even habitual smoking or regular usage of any tobacco product and poor oral hygiene can make the resin material appear dull and contrasting to your natural teeth.

Here are some effective tips shared by dental professionals with years of experiences in handling patients with composite bonding in London.

• Rinse the mouth with water every time you consume any kind of stained or pigmented food.

• Brush and floss the teeth effectively every day to minimise discolouration.

Aging of composite bonding and resultant degradation

Composite bonding age with time and as it keeps aging, its adhesive bonds gradually become weaker. Factors that are responsible for weakening the bonding include temperature fluctuations in the mouth, presence of saliva, mechanical force exerted by the tooth while biting and chewing, etc. 

Dentists who provide affordable and cheap composite bonding in London over the years explain this is why regular dental visits are so crucial to make composite bonding last longer. Routine dental visits enable your dentist assessing the condition of your composite bonding and also make necessary adjustments to reinforce its integrity.

Professional maintenance of dental bonding

We have just discussed above how routine dental visits are crucial to enable your composite bonding retain its natural impressive appearance longer. Dental professionals are skilled to provide specialised care to refine, restore and even the composite material as and when required.

• Polishing and refinishing at professional levels

Polishing clears away surface stains from the composite surface. It also makes the area smooth that suffered wear and tear. Dental professionals make use of fine polishing agents on composite bonding material to imitate the lustre of the natural teeth.

• If you have composite bonding on your visible teeth, then professional polishing is recommended every 6 to 12 months.

• Professional polishing and refinishing clear away minor stains from the surface of your composite bonding. These professional-level caring and maintenance ensure reduction in rough patches on its surface. These rough patches are dangerous, says a dentist who charges reasonable cost for teeth bonding over the years. This is because those patches trap debris including both food residues and plaque build-ups.

Providing treatment and repairing at the surface

Dentists usually recommend surface conditioning treatments for your composite bonding once the bonding starts coming loose. This is the time when both its strength and appearance start giving way. Surface conditioning treatments are effective reinforcing the composite material. The range of options includes chair side silica coating and silanization. These processes not only restore adhesion but also add to the aesthetics of your composite bonding material.

• These restoration processes are more effective during early stages of discolouration.

• These processes also work well on small chips and damages.

• It is basically a reasonably priced alternative to complete reapplication.

Replacement of worn bonding material

When your dental bonding shows signs of massive wearing, your dentist may replace or reapply the resin material completely. Thus your bonding solution gets a brand new appearance with improved functionality, explain dental professionals who quote pocket-friendly cost for composite bonding in London.

• This is more of a chance to update your existing bonding to a new and more long lasting version.

• This is tried and tested way to extend the overall life of your dental restoration.

Routine dental checkups

Routine dental checkups provide your dentist with the opportunity of monitoring the condition of your bonding at regular intervals. This monitoring helps detecting signs of damage and wearing early. Thus your dentist can also recommend the necessary preventive measures on time. Dental checkups at regular intervals are also helpful in another way. These checkups ensure the area around the bonding is properly cleaned and sanitised to keep harmful plaque build-ups and decay away.

Tips to care for your composite bonding at home

• Brush and floss the teeth properly every day to maintain sound oral hygiene.

• Do not use any abrasive toothpaste to maintain integrity of your composite bonding.

• Limit consumption of popular beverages like tea, coffee and red wine.

• Experienced dentists working at the renowned 1A Orthodontics in London suggest to wear a mouth guard every night before going to sleep in case you have problems of grinding and clenching the teeth.