The idea is pretty straightforward. Your dentist adds a tooth colored resin to the peg lateral and carefully shapes it until it blends with the teeth beside it. Then the material is hardened with a special light and polished until it looks like it belongs there. You walk in with a tooth that catches your eye. You walk out wondering why it bothered you for so long.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 A mirror usually comes out before the final polish, so you get a chance to say, “A little rounder,” if that’s what feels right.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Color matching takes patience. A good dentist doesn’t rush this part because tiny differences show up in daylight.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 No long recovery. You leave the chair and get on with your day, which feels refreshing after hearing so many stories about bigger dental work.<\/p>\r\n
Bonding lasts for years if you treat it well. But resin isn’t as tough as natural enamel. If you bite ice or use your teeth to open packaging, don’t be surprised if it chips. That’s not really the material’s fault.<\/p>\r\n
Bonding works best if your peg lateral is healthy and you want a better shape without removing much tooth structure. If the tooth has bigger problems or your bite puts heavy pressure on that area, your dentist may suggest another option. Even then, bonding is often where the conversation starts because it gives you a real sense of what the finished smile could look like. Why bonding works so well The idea is pretty straightforward. Your dentist adds a tooth colored resin to the peg lateral and carefully shapes it until it blends with the teeth beside it. Then the material is hardened with a special light and polished until it looks like it belongs there. You walk in with … Continue reading Dental Bonding for Peg Lateral. A Small Fix That Changes More Than You’d Expect<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4761,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions\/4761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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