Fixed my Chipped Front Tooth and Side Tooth with Dental Bonding - Looks Real - Baton Rouge, LA

I'm not sure exactly how it happened or if my front tooth just naturally had a curve to it; however, after having braces and invisalign, I decided to fix it. I met with my dentist and discussed options including bonding and veneers. I did not like the idea of veneers as they have to remove about half a millimeter of the tooth and the description of how they do it turned me off like nails on a chalkboard. Veneers are also expensive. I believe he told me it would be about $1,000 for just one!! Bonding is easier and less expensive. The composite resin used in bonding can be shaped and polished to match the surrounding teeth. Also, my health insurance would pay for almost all of it. I believe my cost was almost $400 for two teeth and my cost was about $98 out of pocket. Not bad.

My front tooth had a slight curve to it, which really didn't bother me much. However, I figured since I was straightening my teeth with braces and invisalign, I might as well fix that. During my Fast Braces treatment, a gap was then left between one of my front teeth and that side tooth. The dentist gave me an option to fill that with resin like I was using for my front tooth. I agreed. Both were done the same day and look less than an hour. It did not hurt. They matched the resin to my tooth color. No one could tell I had anything done! I would recommend this. However, you have to keep in mind that bonding can come off or stain. It's not necessarily a permanent fix. If mine get damaged or come off, I'm just going to have it done again. It's reasonably priced and a quick fix.

So I was looking at my teeth in the mirror when I was flossing. I noticed that the front left tooth (the one I had gotten bonding on) now had a small chip or unevenness to the rest of the tooth. Not sure if it chipped as I wear my invisalign trays all day except eating and think I would have noticed if I chipped it. Not sure if the bonding is "slipping" like I read in other reviews. I will have to have this checked out during my next visit. I will ask them to file it evenly if it's something minor. I didn't go through all this to have a chip again. See photo to see where I'm talking about.

I went to my dentist yesterday for a 6 month cleaning and showed him my front tooth chip. He will fix it for free as it's still under warranty. Hooray!! He will also fix the canine tooth next to the other front tooth with bonding to build it out and bring it down since it's obviously not going to move on it's own. We will just make it look like it had with bonding! That is covered under my warranty, too, as I had that bonded after I got the Fast Braces off. Right now I'm on tray 9 of 11 so have a few more weeks to go before we have that bonding done. I'll post pics once I do.