Dental Bonding

WEBVTT 00:00:05.529 --> 00:00:08.743 If somebody chips the edge of a tooth, 00:00:09.200 --> 00:00:13.457 oftentimes we have kids coming in that chip their front tooth 00:00:13.760 --> 00:00:17.314 and my own son did that when he was 12 years old, 00:00:17.529 --> 00:00:22.800 we can place very quickly a resin restoration 00:00:23.143 --> 00:00:25.443 where it's bonded to the tooth 00:00:25.702 --> 00:00:29.286 and restores the tooth to its normal appearance. 00:00:29.287 --> 00:00:32.214 Especially for a child who's still growing 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:35.718 and we don't want to do a more definitive restoration, 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:37.360 like a veneer at that age, 00:00:37.800 --> 00:00:41.229 we'd rather have the child grow up a little bit 00:00:41.349 --> 00:00:45.400 and have the rest of their teeth form when their smile is fully formed 00:00:45.401 --> 00:00:49.080 and then we can do something that's more permanent like a porcelain veneer. 00:00:49.081 --> 00:00:54.480 We can also use it for fillings if we're doing a small enough filling, 00:00:54.481 --> 00:00:58.157 even in the back of the mouth, where we want a white filling. 00:00:58.357 --> 00:01:00.225 I don't do any metal fillings, 00:01:00.226 --> 00:01:02.857 no amalgams, mercury or anything like that. 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:05.160 I haven't for many, many years. 00:01:06.071 --> 00:01:08.960 With the resin-filling material, 00:01:08.971 --> 00:01:11.602 we can bond that into the tooth 00:01:12.186 --> 00:01:14.629 and sculpt it to make it look like a tooth. 00:01:14.800 --> 00:01:17.360 Dental bonding can last quite a long time. 00:01:17.800 --> 00:01:23.757 Usually we see about anywhere from 8-10 years out of a restoration, 00:01:23.758 --> 00:01:26.198 sometimes longer if they're done really well, 00:01:26.199 --> 00:01:29.114 and with high-quality materials, which we use. 00:01:29.240 --> 00:01:32.960 If a patient is looking for something that's more long-lasting, 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:37.891 maybe a lifetime, then we're usually going into a ceramic restoration 00:01:37.892 --> 00:01:41.643 that's made by our CEREC technology outside of the mouth. 00:01:43.471 --> 00:01:48.171 It's designed more accurately, and more fitted, and it's stronger 00:01:48.386 --> 00:01:50.528 and so oftentimes we'll do 00:01:50.529 --> 00:01:53.271 a ceramic restoration instead of the resin.