A chipped tooth can look like a much bigger problem than it actually is. Sometimes the edge is barely noticeable. Other times, your tongue keeps finding the rough spot all day. Annoying.<\/p>\r\n
Tooth reshaping is pretty simple. Your dentist gently removes a tiny amount of enamel to smooth or change the tooth’s shape. There isn’t much added to the tooth because the goal is to improve what you already have.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 A tiny chip near the edge, especially one that feels rough when your tongue runs over it.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 You already like the tooth’s color and general shape. In that case, adding material seems unnecessary.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 The chip is small enough that removing a little enamel won’t weaken the tooth. Your dentist has to make that call after looking at it.<\/p>\r\n
Bonding takes the opposite approach. Instead of removing tooth structure, the dentist adds a tooth-colored resin to rebuild the missing area. The material is shaped so it blends into the natural tooth.<\/p>\r\n
Honestly, bonding is my pick when the chip is obvious. It gives the dentist more room to rebuild the edge instead of simply making the remaining tooth smaller.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Reshaping is the cleaner option for a very small chip when the tooth already has a good shape.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Bonding wins when there is enough missing enamel that simply smoothing the edge would make the tooth look too short.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 If the tooth is cracked rather than merely chipped, though, this is a different conversation entirely.<\/p>\r\n
There is one more thing worth knowing. Bonding can stain or chip again over time, especially on a front tooth that gets a lot of daily use. Reshaped enamel doesn’t have that added material to wear away.<\/p>\r\n
Visit our page on composite bonding London<\/strong><\/a> to explore treatment options, costs, and expert advice.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tooth Reshaping vs Bonding for Chipped Teeth A chipped tooth can look like a much bigger problem than it actually is. Sometimes the edge is barely noticeable. Other times, your tongue keeps finding the rough spot all day. Annoying. What Tooth Reshaping Actually Does Tooth reshaping is pretty simple. Your dentist gently removes a tiny … Continue reading Tooth Reshaping vs Bonding for Chipped Teeth<\/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-5129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129","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=5129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5532,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129\/revisions\/5532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}