Teeth straightening
Composite Bonding
Fast, affordable and a versatile way to update the look of your teeth
What is Composite Bonding?
Composite bonding, also known as dental bonding or tooth bonding, is a cosmetic dental treatment which offers a solution to repair minor damage or update issues with your teeth that will improve your smile.
You might choose to have dental bonding to:
- Repair chipped or cracked teeth
- Close spaces between teeth
- Improve the appearance of discoloured teeth
- Make small teeth appear longer
- Change the shape of teeth
- Make uneven teeth appear more uniform
Composite bonding uses a tooth-coloured dental resin which is applied and shaped to your tooth. It is then hardened with a special light which ‘bonds’ the resin to your tooth to improve its appearance. Patients from Hammersmith, Turnham Green, Acton and West London are choosing tooth bonding because treatment is fast, painless effective and an affordable way to update the look of teeth.
How does dental bonding in West London work?
Consultation
Treatment
At your next appointment at the dental surgery in Shepherd’s Bush, your dentist will begin by choosing a dental resin that closely matches the colour of your teeth.
Next, your dentist will prepare the tooth by gently etching at the surface and applying a conditioning liquid. These techniques are completely painless and help the dental resin adhere to the tooth.
Your dentist will then apply the tooth-coloured resin to your tooth, gently moulding and shaping it until it has the desired look.
Next, a bright light or laser is placed over your mouth to harden the dental bonding so that it sticks firm to your tooth.
Finally, your dentist will polish the tooth to ensure that it is smooth and that there are no rough surfaces.
Each tooth takes approximately 30 to 60 minutes to complete.
Step 3
You wear the first set of aligners in your pack for a minimum of 20 hours a day, taking them out only to eat, to drink anything other than water and to brush your teeth. Change your aligners to the next set in the series after one week.
Continue in this way until you reach the last set of aligners in the series and your treatment is complete. Periodically, we will request that you come into see us so that we can check on your progress and ensure that treatment is continuing in the way that it should.
At the end of your Invisalign® treatment, we will offer you removable or permanent retainers. This ensures that your teeth remain in position and will not move in the future.