Dental Bonding

In some cases, your smile may need only a small improvement to look its best. Dental bonding in Salt Lake City is one of the simplest ways Dr. Michael T. Smith and the team at Holladay Smiles can repair minor imperfections and help bring out the best in your smile.

Dental bonding uses a tooth-colored composite resin material that is applied, shaped, and polished to match your natural teeth. It is a noninvasive, conservative treatment most often used to improve the appearance of chipped, discolored, or slightly misshapen teeth, and it can typically be completed in under an hour. Bonding is often used to repair a small chip from an accident, close a minor gap between two teeth, or cover discoloration that has not responded to whitening. For more extensive damage or a broader smile transformation, Dr. Smith may recommend veneers or a full smile makeover instead.

Here are some key benefits of dental bonding:

• Quick treatment: Bonding can often be completed in a single, short visit.
• Conservative: Bonding typically requires little to no removal of the natural tooth structure.
• Natural appearance: The composite resin is shaded to match your surrounding teeth.
• Affordable: Bonding is often one of the more budget-friendly cosmetic treatments.

To place the bonding, Dr. Smith selects a resin shade to match your natural tooth color, then lightly roughens the tooth surface and applies a conditioning liquid to help the material bond securely. He then applies and shapes the resin to achieve the look you want, hardening it in place with a curing light and giving it a final polish. Bonded teeth are cared for just like your natural teeth, with regular brushing, flossing, and dental checkups.