1720 Milwaukee Ave, Glenview, IL - 60025
Restore Your Smile With Dental Bonding
Teeth that are discolored or have chips, minor fractures, or small gaps can be aesthetically restored with dental bonding. Glenview & Northbrook Cosmetic dentist Dr. Joseph Akhikar is an expert at seamlessly restoring your teeth with bonding so that previous imperfections disappear. It’s our goal to use tooth bonding to help you get the smile you’ve always wanted and deserved.
What is Dental Bonding
Composite dental resin has properties similar to natural teeth. The composite is applied directly to the tooth by the dentist, after which it is shaped, hardened, and polished. This technique is often used for minor defects in teeth. If you take good care of it, bonding can last ten years or longer. This makes teeth bonding a highly effective way to help restore your teeth without worrying about replacing them in the near future.
Choose a Cosmetic Dentist
Many dentists use dental bonding to restore teeth, but the results vary. A skilled cosmetic dentist is an artist who understands how to work with the material to match the color, characteristics, and translucency of your natural teeth. This is why we ensure our team goes through the proper training for adequate dental bonding that is more likely to get the results you're looking for. There are different shades of resin. They have to be carefully chosen and mixed to create a natural appearance. Care must also be taken to ensure the gloss and shape of the bonding matches your natural teeth. From the gumline to the edge of the tooth, the material should look completely natural, and an expert cosmetic dentist can produce that look. The photos below show how a cosmetic dentist manipulates composite materials to perfectly match the variations in color, translucency, and gloss of natural teeth. The formerly chipped tooth looks completely natural, and no one can tell the tooth was ever damaged.
Long-Lasting Bonding
- When you come in for a hygiene appointment at our practice, an expert hygienist will use specialized instruments to gently get rid of soft plaque and tartar on the teeth and just under the gumline. They'll floss those hard-to-reach spots and then polish your teeth.
- Limit drinks that can stain bonding, such as coffee, tea, and red wine.
- Don't bite or open hard or sharp objects with your teeth.
- Only have your teeth cleaned and polished by a dental hygienist who knows which techniques and polishing paste to use on dental bonding. Otherwise, the surface can be damaged, making the bonding more susceptible to stains.
Dental Bonding by Dr. Akhikar
Dr. Akhikar is an artist. He has learned the proper techniques required to produce beautiful results with direct bonding. In addition to his talent, his commitment to the art is shown in his ongoing pursuit of advanced training in cosmetic dentistry. He is also an instructor of cosmetic dentistry for other dentists.
Like a true artist, Dr. Akhikar has various tools and composite materials needed to produce the correct color, tint, translucency, strength, and gloss for any tooth restoration. He ensures the composite material and natural tooth blend ideally. After he completes the bonding process, it will be impossible to tell if you ever had discoloration, a fracture, a chip, or a gap between your teeth.