Composite Bonding
Reshape Your Teeth Without Drilling Them
Chips, gaps and uneven edges can be reshaped without permanently altering the teeth underneath. Composite bonding is the conservative way to change how your smile looks.
About The Treatment
What Composite Bonding Does
A tooth-coloured material is shaped directly onto your existing teeth to improve their shape, closing small gaps and rebuilding worn or chipped edges.
Weighing It Up Against Veneers?
Bonding is the option that leaves your tooth structure intact.
Book A Bonding ConsultationDental bonding is a minimally-invasive way to improve the shape of your teeth, and it often does not require any anaesthetic or drilling. It is an alternative to veneers and crowns because it does not permanently alter your tooth structure.
Your Tooth Stays Intact
Nothing healthy is filed away, so the decision does not commit you to replacing it forever.
Often No Anaesthetic
Because there is usually no drilling involved, many cases need no numbing at all.
Shaped To Suit Your Face
The material is built up and contoured by hand, so the result is matched to you.
Meet Dr Tajel
A Considered Approach To Cosmetic Work
Dr Tajel Patel is a restorative and cosmetic dentist. Her preference is for the option that preserves your own teeth where it will achieve what you are after, rather than the most extensive treatment available.
BDS BEng MJDF (Eng) · GDC No. 264285
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Say What Bothers You
A chip, a gap, an edge that has worn down - the starting point is what you notice.
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Assess What Is Suitable
Your teeth and bite are examined to see whether bonding will achieve what you want.
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Compare The Options Honestly
Where veneers or crowns would serve you better, you will be told that plainly.
What Bonding Addresses
Is This What You Are Looking At?
Most people considering bonding are bothered by something small and specific rather than wanting their whole smile changed.
You do not need to know which treatment you want. Describing what bothers you is enough to start.
Book A Bonding ConsultationChipped Or Worn Edges
Edges that have chipped or flattened over time can be rebuilt.
Small Gaps Between Teeth
Narrow spaces can be closed by reshaping the teeth either side.
Uneven Shape Or Length
Teeth that sit slightly short or irregular can be brought into balance.
Before You Decide
Start With What Matters To You
The questions people ask before booking about composite bonding.
Most Asked Bonding Or Veneers - Which Do I Need?
Bonding is the more conservative option: it does not permanently alter your tooth structure, so it does not commit you to replacing it later. Veneers and crowns change the tooth itself and suit different situations. Which is appropriate depends on your teeth, and you will be told honestly if bonding is not the right choice.
Plan A Personal AssessmentComfort Will I Need An Injection?
Often not. Because bonding usually involves no drilling, many cases are completed without anaesthetic. Whether yours needs it depends on what is being treated, and it is discussed before anything starts.
The Result Will It Match My Other Teeth?
The material is shade-matched to the teeth around it and shaped by hand during the appointment. If you are also considering teeth whitening, that is normally discussed first, because the bonding is matched to your final shade.
Reversibility What If I Change My Mind Later?
This is the main practical advantage of bonding. Because your underlying tooth has not been reduced or reshaped, you keep the option of doing something different in future.
Your First Visit What Happens At The Consultation?
You explain what you would like to change. Your teeth, bite and the shape of the existing edges are examined. Then you discuss whether bonding will achieve it, and what the alternatives would involve.
Not Sure Which Question Applies?
Begin With A Conversation
You do not need to arrive knowing the name of the treatment. Point at what bothers you and the assessment starts from there.
Book A Bonding ConsultationWorth A Conversation
Keep The Tooth You Have
Book a consultation with Dr Tajel to find out whether composite bonding will achieve what you are after, and how it compares with the alternatives.
Dr Tajel Patel · BDS BEng MJDF (Eng) · GDC No. 264285