Teeth Bonding Procedures
Conventional restorations (fillings, crowns, and bridges)
used to require the removal of a substantial amount
of tooth structure to make them strong and to give them
sufficient mechanical retention to the tooth.
Throughout the last three decades different bonding
agents have been developed that allow a direct adhesion
of restorative materials to the tooth surface. The most
recent generations of these agents finally provide high
bonding strengths. This allows the secure placement
of restorations without extensive reduction of the tooth
for mechanical retention. Bonded restorations also withstand
higher pressure and tension without breaking. All this
allows to save a great amount of tooth structure. It
is evident that this development does not just benefit
cosmetic dentistry and smile
design.
Teeth that are restored with bonded restorations
have recently been shown to be more fracture resistant
than healthy and intact teeth.
Once your tooth is ready and clean to receive a restoration,
it will have to be conditioned to allow the bonding
of the restorative material to take place. To understand
the value of bonding, a few elementary things about
tooth structure have to be understood. If you like to
go into detail please go to the Tech
Specs page and learn everything you have to know
to fully understand this subject.
Bonding makes ''invisibly" strong!
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