3 Advantages Of Dental Bonding For Your Young Child
If your child has a slightly chipped tooth or irregularly shaped teeth, dental bonding is an ideal and quick way to repair the damage. Although useful for many ages, it is particularly useful during childhood due to the likelihood of kids incurring minor imperfections in their primary teeth. Since veneers are a permanent solution to the temporary problem of issues with the temporary teeth, bonding is a great solution for your little's ones minor dental challenges.
Dental bonding can best be described as the use of a plastic material that is secured to the damaged tooth. A special blue light hardens it, so that the tooth resumes its normal use and appearance.
#1-Dental Bonding Does Not Require Advance Notice Or Preparation
If your son or daughter had the bad luck of getting too close to the batter of a baseball game or has damaged a tooth in another unfortunate way, a cracked or chipped tooth is a tough, visual reminder of the issue. In addition, kids can be cruel, so what seems like a minor concern to you can be a humiliating experience for your child at school or daycare.
Therefore, it is useful to note that dental bonding is a one-step procedure that needs virtually no preparation. Your child can walk into the office with clean teeth, and at the end of the visit, leave with a restored smile in most cases. Plan for the procedure to take up to an hour per tooth, from beginning to end.
#2-Only Small Amounts Of Enamel Will Need To Be Removed
Since repairing minor pediatric dental challenges is usually seen as a temporary measure, it rarely makes sense to consider something as significant as dental veneers. Dental veneers usually require extensive amounts of enamel to be removed from the tooth in order to be able to affix the veneer to them.
In comparison, some dental imperfections in children's teeth do not need the removal of any enamel, while many others require only small amounts of enamel to be subtracted. Therefore, it is easier for your child to get through the dental repair, and when fewer services are needed, you will also be happier with the reduced cost.
#3-Anesthesia Is Typically Not Required
Unless the damage to the tooth occurred because of a cavity, which would obviously need a filling that would then need more invasive treatment, you will not need to worry about the extra discomfort associated with receiving anesthesia. In addition, since bonding lasts two to five years, your child could easily lose the impacted, primary tooth before re-doing the procedure becomes necessary.
For more information, contact Richard M Holmes DMD PA or a similar dental professional.
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