Composite Bonding Compared With Ceramic Restorations for Chipped Teeth

Composite bonding is miles better for a chipped tooth, while ceramic restorations are only needed if a huge chunk breaks off.

Most chips just ping a tiny flake off the biting tip. The dentist dabs a little tooth glue on the rough spot and smooths on matching white resin. It sets hard in thirty seconds, feels completely smooth, and saves all your real tooth.

You only need a ceramic tooth if an impact cracks deep into the tooth root. Shaving down healthy enamel for a ceramic cap over a little chip makes no sense when white bonding fixes the edge in one visit.

On Monday, a young builder visiting his parents from Manchester walked into North Lane Dental Practice at 38 North Lane in Aldershot (GU12 4QG) after chipping his front tooth on a mug. We smoothed white bonding over the jagged corner in thirty minutes, sending him back to work with a complete smile.

Ring our Aldershot practice on 01252 310668 to get your chipped tooth sorted.