All You Need to Know About Tooth Extraction
(Part 5)
Let’s continue with our discussion of the topic called “Composite Resin Repair”.
Even though your teeth are covered by an enamel shield, they do have a breaking point.
The teeth’s strength has limits that can be tested by biting down something hard, suffering a punch to the face and falling.
Just like rotting wood, or a destroyed car, a decayed tooth can also easily break.
Once your teeth have been chipped or broken, don’t fret. There are many things a dentist can do to fix the broken tooth, particularly the composite resin filling or repair.
If your teeth are weak enough and lack calcium, you might end up breaking your tooth enamel in the process. This situation necessitates a repair via composite resin filling.
Composite bonding or composite resin bonding is the cosmetic dental technique that makes use of composite resin in order to cover up holes and gaps on your tooth caused by dental caries and cavity formation.
It will be done either in filling form or bonding form for veneers. This is the dentist’s first method of dental restoration.
Composite bonding is a cosmetic technique in order to fill in the potholes in your teeth.
The dental material known as composite resin is molded and shaped unto your teeth in a way that doesn’t make it conspicuous once it sets in. It can also be used to fit in new veneers.
This process usually involves fixing cavities in the tooth due to the acids produced by the waste products of sugar-and-starch-feeding bacteria.
However, an alternative filling known as amalgam is also available.