I have a huge chip in my front tooth
I fell and ended up with an ugly chip in my front tooth. I need to get it fixed and was wondering what would work better, porcelain veneers or dental bonding? – Jo Ann in Michigan Jo Ann, Sorry to hear about your fall. As long as you aren’t in pain, then cosmetic dentistry should […]
My Dental Bonding Keeps Falling Off- Can I Leave it Off?
I wasn’t happy with the gap between my front teeth and I asked about doing porcelain veneers at my last checkup. Instead, my doctor recommended dental bonding to fill the space. He said it would be less invasive and look just as good, so I reluctantly went along with it. He actually did it right […]
Will Zoom whitening work to even out color of teeth.
I was wondering if Zoom whitening will work to even out uneven color. My daughter just got her braces off, which was a bigger deal than Christmas around here. Unfortunately, the excitement was short lived because she has really white spots all over her teeth, now that her braces are gone. My brother-in-law is a […]
Is it possible to lighten Lumineers?
I had to save up quite a bit to cover the cost of the Lumineers I had done a couple years ago. My dentist kept referring to them as dental bonding or no-prep veneers. He did it all in on appointment. I am sadly disappointed, as they are starting to discolor already, after how much […]
Will Zoom whitening help even out the color of teeth?
My youngest daughter is ecstatic about getting her braces off. Finally! But she was left with some spots all over her teeth. The dentist recommended we get Zoom whitening. Well, we did and the spots are still there. Did the dentist mess it up or something? – Becky in Pennsylvania Becky, This is a loaded […]
Can dental bonding be whitened?
I have had dental bonding on my front two teeth for over 15 years. I suppose the bonding should be redone, but I just don’t have the money for it at the moment. I think the original cosmetic dentist told me that the bonding itself will not change color if it is bleached. But I […]
Help! I have a dental bonding crisis
I asked my dentist to do a little dental bonding to fill in some small gaps between my teeth. They looked like tiny black triangles at the gum line and they were all I noticed when I’d look in the mirror. He assured me that dental bonding was the way to go and that they’d […]
Will this dental bonding last?
I hit an icy patch when I left my house a week or so ago. I literally fell on my face. I was so embarrassed when I looked in the mirror to discover one of my front teeth had chipped. I couldn’t get into my normal dentist so I had an emergency dentist take a […]
What’s the best way to fix a chipped front tooth – dental bonding?
I love my smile. Now, I’m mortified because I chipped my front tooth on a glass. It is really small. But, I notice it every time I look in the mirror. Please tell me there is a simple fix, because I don’t want it to look fake. The chip is probably less than a millimeter […]
My dentist screwed up my dental bonding and now he’s talking extraction!
I had a change in my dental insurance, so I decided to go to a new dentist for a checkup. He discovered a cavity and went ahead and took care of it in the same appointment. He used dental bonding to fix the cavity and the tooth just hasn’t been right since. It kept hurting […]