TREATMENT OPTIONS

How We Restore Teeth

When a tooth needs to be restored for whatever reason we use the most conservative cosmetic option possible that strengthens the tooth. This usually involves bonding the filling material to the tooth.

Bonding

Old style dentistry relies on mechanical retention like undercuts, grooves, slots and pins to help retain fillings in teeth. Unfortunately, not only does this remove a lot of healthy tooth structure, but weakens the tooth considerably, creating a lot of problems in the future usually resulting in broken teeth and the need for a crown.

Tooth with amalgam and cracks appearing

Fractured Tooth: Tooth Restored and Stronger

Modern dentistry solves this problem by using bonding. With bonding, the tooth structures like enamel and dentine are lightly etched and the filling material is fused onto the tooth with special high strength resins, essentially making the new material and the natural tooth one strong almost natural structure eliminating the need for mechanical retention. This technique is conservative and increases the strength of the tooth, which is much better for your teeth in the long term.

From bonding has sprung a vast array of new tooth coloured materials and treatment techniques that we use routinely at Island Dental for restorations with superior strength, durability, appearance and longevity.

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Conservative

When a tooth is compromised by either decay or old silver fillings, a crack or structural problem, a poor fitting crown or you want to improve the appearance of your teeth, our approach is to do the most conservative treatment possible. By conservative we mean the restorative option that will be the least invasive or traumatic to the tooth and yet has the potential to last the longest time.

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