{"id":8604,"date":"2026-11-04T21:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8604"},"modified":"2026-11-04T21:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:18:27","slug":"is-tooth-bonding-suitable-for-incisors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/is-tooth-bonding-suitable-for-incisors\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Tooth Bonding Suitable for Incisors?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>A lad came into Envy Smile Dental recently after catching his front incisor on a pint glass. Your four incisors sit right in the front row of your smile, framing every single word you say, so any chip sticks out like a beacon.<\/p>\r\n<p>He sat in my chair and asked: is tooth bonding actually suitable for incisors, or am I wasting my time?<\/p>\r\n<p>I told him: incisors are quite literally the easiest teeth in your mouth to bond.<\/p>\r\n<p>Incisors are flat and broad. That gives us heaps of enamel space to work with, which means the glue holds on tight. You can patch up a broken corner, lengthen an edge that wore flat, or widen an incisor to close an annoying gap.<\/p>\r\n<p>I dabbed blue etching gel on his broken corner, rinsed it off with water, and brushed on liquid adhesive. Then I patted on resin paste with a tiny plastic instrument. I layered a creamy dentine tone underneath and a glassy enamel shade on top. Once the shape looked right, our blue light gun buzzed for twenty seconds to set it rock hard.<\/p>\r\n<p>The whole job took twenty-five minutes. He walked out without any numb lips, and his front tooth looked good as new.<br \/><br \/>Visit our page on <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/composite-bonding-london\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"569\"><strong data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"565\">composite bonding London<\/strong><\/a> to explore treatment options, costs, and expert advice.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lad came into Envy Smile Dental recently after catching his front incisor on a pint glass. Your four incisors sit right in the front row of your smile, framing every single word you say, so any chip sticks out like a beacon. He sat in my chair and asked: is tooth bonding actually suitable &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/is-tooth-bonding-suitable-for-incisors\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is Tooth Bonding Suitable for Incisors?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8604","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=8604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8613,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8604\/revisions\/8613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}