I have had several of my front teeth bonded, due to a large space and some of the teeth were very small. My concern is they look like Chicklets and they are yellow and the bonding continues to come off from flossing my teeth. What would you be suggest? I really don’t even want to smile anymore, I feel like they look terrible.
- Karen in West Virginia
Karen,
What you have is typical of what you see from a lot of dentists, because they aren’t artistic. It takes some artistic talent to make teeth that look lifelike, and tooth bonding has to be sculpted by the dentist, freehand, so it is difficult for most dentists to do well. And they could be yellow because the dentist didn’t have the glossy, stain-resistant bonding materials in stock that dentists who love doing cosmetic dentistry use.
And if pieces are coming off when you floss, it’s possible it wasn’t bonded on well.
Having said that, if there are large areas of several front teeth that need cosmetic dental work, I would tend to recommend having porcelain veneers over the tooth bonding. Porcelain is extremely stain resistant and more durable. Tooth bonding, even if it is done well, tends to dull in a couple of years.
Related links:
Cleveland Porcelain Veneers
Cleveland Lumineers