Is It Possible to Have Bonding on Front Tooth Without Roughening It with Drilling Machine?

The strength of the material keeping the composite stuck to the tooth is limited, and both mechanical stresses and chemical strength needs to be considered.  The vast majority of the solutions require roughening the tooth surface to gain enough strength so the composite will stay put.

Generally speaking, bonding is very conservative.  Without seeing the tooth, it is hard to speculate.  However, placing a small bevel on the enamel is usually all that is needed as far as tooth preparation.  Sometimes there is already enough of a break that air abrasion can be used.  If possible, I prefer not to bond the entire tooth but to skillfully blend the shades and color of the bonding to match the remaining tooth.  Also, if the bevel is minimal usually no anesthesia is necessary.

Bonding can look beautiful when skillfully done.

 

In order for the bonding technique to be successful, the tooth surface has to be clean and free of any potential contaminants.  Once the tooth is clean, a mild acid is applied to the surface that will have bonding apllied so that the material will adhere.

Dentists will often use a drill to be certain that the surface is clean, but there is no need to drill away any tooth structure.  The goal of bonding is to be as conservative as possible, and to leave as much of the existing tooth structure in tact as possible.

Hope this was helpful

Dr Champagne