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All About Bonding

Composite Bonding ResinImproving the smiles and self-esteem of our patients is one of the best parts of our job. And often this requires the use of dental bonding, a painless and easy way to restore damaged teeth, or just to improve appearance.

A thin layer of liquid resin is simply brushed onto the tooth and cured with a special light to harden the bond.

Bonding can be used many ways such as to cover stains, fill in chipped areas, repair areas of decay, or fill in spaces between teeth. The bonding resin can be shaped and smoothed to look exactly like natural teeth.

Bonded Porcelain

Have You ever wanted a movie-star smile, but didn’t want to risk crowning or “capping” all your front teeth? We may have a solution in porcelain veneers. These are thin, high-strength veneers of porcelain that, through the technology of bonding, can be applied to the fronts of teeth with very little preparation and often no anesthetic.

But bonding is more than cosmetic.

Sealing Out Decay

The form of bonding known as sealants helps prevent decay in back teeth and is of special benefit to children.

Sealants are clear or lightly tinted plastics that are applied to the chewing surfaces of back teeth. These teeth contain deep grooves that trap decay-causing bacteria. Sealants bonded to these teeth can keep out these bacteria—and so keep cavities at bay.

Protecting Exposed Roots

The exposed roots of teeth, commonly caused by gum recession, can be protected by bonding. This not only helps prevent root decay, but it may also make teeth less sensitive to variations in temperature.

If bonding interests you, please feel free to contact us for more information!

About Yuri Kaneda, DDS

Dr. Yuri Kaneda was born in Japan and immigrated to the US when she was 4 years old with her family. She lived in Ohio, Nebraska, and Illinois before finally settling in the San Diego area. A graduate of Bonita Vista High School, she went on to the University of California Berkeley where she obtained her Bachelors in Microbiology and Immunology. After working for 2 years in growth plate research at University of California San Diego, she went to the University of California San Francisco Dental School for her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. Upon graduation, she returned to San Diego where she worked as an associate in the practice of Drs. Morimoto and Yaryan, her childhood dentist. She then started her own practice in 1995 and has been at her present location since 1999 which happens to be across the street from her high school!

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