I had an old filling replaced recently, and have since noticed a small black triangular gap between the two teeth. While the dentist was filling/flossing between the two teeth after the bonding process, the gums did get irritated and bled a bit. Are the gums just irriated and need time to settle back down between the teeth? Or do I now need to fork out even more money and have the gap filled? There was no gap prior to this procedure. Thanks in advance for any replies.
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Unfortunately, dental composite (bonding) cannot whiten. Your son can whiten his teeth and later have new bonding added to match that color, but overtime staining does happen. A more permanent fix would be to consider veneers. Hope this helps!
Yes it will but remember that bondings and resins, sooner or later will change color,so that would be temporary, are you thinking to change that material continuously?how soon, it depends on your way of eating,think on braces, or veneers, this would help more. I hope this helps.
You didn't say if your daughter had a root canal done on the tooth or not. If not, she most likely will in the future. If she has, then you can do an internal or non-vital bleach that many times can return a tooth to it's normal color. This is done by placing a very strong...