I just had bonding on my front teeth. Family says they can see my real teeth through the bonding. Will it blend, or am I stuck?

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George Koutsoukos, DDS · Answer

Hi there...you said your family can see your teeth through the bonding.  When I use composite resin  to do bonds on front teeth, you can not see through the bonding to the teeth underneath. The bonding material looks like natural tooth enamel and, if applied correctly, will look like a whole natural tooth.  You should not be able to tell there is any bonding on the tooth at all.

Norman Huefner, DDS · Answer

It's difficult to answer without knowing more.  Are you referring to a porcelain veneer, a composite filling or a composite veneer?Usually all of the above procedures can match the teeth if a good type of composite or porcelain is chosen, one that matches in both color (shade) and the amount of translucency.  If the bonding or veneer is too thin, then that might be reason you see the underlying tooth.  Thus, if the dentist did it over, he could drill more of the tooth in his preparation for the bonding, and then the resulting porcelain or composite will be thicker and more apt to cover the part of the underlying tooth you are seeing.I'm sure there is a solution.  If your dentist doesn't have one that satisfies you, then get an opinion from another cosmetic dentist.

Joaquin Berron, DDS · Answer

Bonding is a procedure that has to have a immediate outcome, meaning if it is not looking  prefer form the beginning it wont look better with time, on the contrary, after time bonding losses its shine and can get stained so I would recommend you to have it redone so you can have the outcome you expect.

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