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before and after dental bonding on a chipped tooth

How Do I Whiten My Dental Bonding?

I have had dental bonding for a bit over six months. It is already picking up stains. What is the best whitening gel for dental bonding? Caroline Dear Caroline, By whitening gel, I am assuming you mean a teeth whitening brand. Unfortunately, even professional teeth whitening will only work on natural tooth structure. It does not help with any type of dental work, including dental bonding. A lot of what […]

Dental Bonding Yellow in 5 Days

I’m worried about my dental bonding. I’ve just had them five days and now they seem to be turning yellow. I wonder if I wasn’t supposed to brush with baking soda. I thought it would keep them super clean, but the change in color has me concerned. Did I do something wrong? Katie Dear Katie, Baking soda as a toothpaste is quite abrasive. That could have damaged the polish on […]

Vampire Teeth for Halloween

With Halloween coming up I am planning my costume. I am going as a vampire and thought that, instead of getting those cheap, uncomfortable, not to mention fake-looking costume teeth, I could go all out and get Lumineers for just those teeth and then have them removed after the holiday. Is this do-able? Jay Dear Jay, This is a request dentists get every year at this time. It can be […]

upper and lower teeth showing some black traingles

Dental Bonding Disaster

I’m trying to figure out what to do. I’ve had these spaces toward the top of my teeth that look like dark triangles. I got so tired of that being the thing I see when I smile. My dentist said he could just close those spaces with dental bonding and it would be an easy fix. That has not been the case. When he first did the bonding it looked […]

bonding pops out

I have notch shaped lessions at the top teeth near the gumline. I had bonding put on them from my old dentist. They were great and lasted quite a number of years. They’d finally gotten to the point where they needed replacing. I had moved, so I had to use a different denitst. For some reason, every time this dentist puts on the bonding they pop out within a few […]

Fixing Small Teeth

I have really small teeth. They look like baby teeth. Can I use dental bonding to make them look bigger? Steven O.- Amityville, NY Steven, You can make your teeth larger, but I do not recommend dental bonding for that procedure. Instead I recommend you get porcelain veneers. Here is why. Dental bonding is a good cosmetic procedure in specific cases, but not this one. It is made of a […]

Tiny chip on front tooth

I was at a party and someone bumped into me while I was drinking. It chipped my my tooth very minimally. Nothing is wrong with my teeth other than this. Truthfully, I’m the only one who can see it, but I know it is there so it bothers me. How would you recommend I fix this? I hear porcelain veneers are good. Marcus G.- Little Rock, AR Marcus, Porcelain veneers […]

Making teeth attractive with cavities

I have some cavities on the front of my teeth. I want to find a way to make my smile look attractive again. Do you have any recommendations? Jeremy from New Mexico Jeremy, If the cavities are minor, you can have dental bonding placed to improve the appearance of your teeth. However, if the cavities are more extensive, then you’ll need a bit more. Both porcelain veneers and porcelain crowns […]

My dental bonding fell off

I fell and chipped a tooth. My dentist put bonding on it. It kept getting caught on my dental floss. Then after about 8 days it fell off. Did I do something wrong? Brianna J. -Albuquerque, New Mexico Brianna, Though we have to bear in mine I haven’t examined you, I really don’t think you did anything wrong. Here’s why: First, your floss shouldn’t get caught on the dental bonding. […]

Can my dentist just “paint over” my white spots on my front teeth?

I have had white spots on my two top eye teeth since I was a teenager. I recently had Zoom whitening done. The rest of my teeth whitened but these white spots are still there. My dentist says that he can “rough up” the outer part of my teeth and paint over these two spots. I suppose this is safe? I do not want to damage my teeth just to […]