Bonding, also known as bonded restoration, is a painless way to make minor repairs to teeth. In most cases, several teeth can be bonded in one dental visit. Bonding uses tooth-coloured material, called composite resin. Composite resin is put on the tooth, then shaped and hardened with light. The composite resin can be:

• Matched to your teeth.
• Shaped to look like the missing part of a chipped tooth.
• Used to build up teeth and fill between them.
• Used on a broken tooth to restore it to size.
• Painted over a stained tooth to make it match the colour of your other teeth.
• Painted over a stained tooth to make it match the colour of your other teeth.
• Dental bonding can be used to fix teeth that are chipped.
• Each layer of the composite resin is shaped and then hardened with a light.
• The finished tooth looks natural and smooth.