Anyone have bonded teeth in the front?

[flowertowngal]

I just got the two teeth on either side of my front teeth bonded - they were really small and now they are about the same size as the rest of my teeth. My question is this - how strong is the bonding? I am afraid to bite into ANYTHING. My dentist told me not to do anything like bite into an apple. What about a sandwich? A hamburger? I've eaten these things and I've started to bite down but as soon as the pressure starts to build, I stop because I'm so nervous I am going to break the bonding!

At this rate, i'm going to get my braces off and still be cutting up my food!

[SuzyQ!]

Sorry dont know the answer to your question but just wondered if u could post a picture of your teeth, I think i will be getting mine bonded because i have small teeth either side of my top big teeth and would be nice to see what yours look like before and after!
Do u still have your brace in then? Cos i thought u would get it done when your brace comes off?

[jaswi]

I've got my top front incisor bonded to fix it cause it was broken badly. I bite into apples and everything else all the time with NO problem. I've had this bonding since middle school and it hasn't budged.

[flowertowngal]

I don't have a picture yet but just to let you know - once my ortho made enough room on the top around the small teeth (so that I had big gaps around each tooth - this involved repeated trips to the dentist to see if there was enough space - he kept saying he needed a little bit more room so back to the ortho I would go and then back to the dentist...), he removed just the two brackets on each of the small teeth and I went to the dentist and he bonded the teeth.

A few days later, I went back to the ortho and he said they looked great and he would take my top braces off in two weeks. Unfortunately, during these last two weeks, one of my bonded teeth has started to shift - I rushed back to the ortho just to have him look at it but he said it would be able to be fixed with the retainer. I hope he's right!

I love how my bonded teeth look - they look really natural. My only concern is that I was planning to have my teeth whitened when I got the braces off but AFTER the bonding was done, my dentist told me that my bonded teeth would never get any whiter - said he didn't know I was planning on whitening my teeth - uhm, don't most people with braces plan on doing that when they get them off? So now my whole plan is ruined! I was VERY disappointed but he kept assuring me that they would look white enough and also he said if I got them whitened and got a lighter bond done to match the whitened teeth, then I would be stuck forever whitening my teeth to match my white bonding - does that make sense? Anyway, we'll see - the top braces come off this Thursday!

[jennielee81]

Both of my two older kids have bonding on their front teeth. My son has bonding on 40% of both upper centrals and he eats everything. Even corn on the cob without any trouble. It's been over 10 years.

My daugher has had bonding on a small part of one of her front teeth for about 7 years. She broke it off 2 times. Once when she bit her fingernail and the othertime it just came off (or so she says...hmmmm )

he said if I got them whitened and got a lighter bond done to match the whitened teeth, then I would be stuck forever whitening my teeth to match my white bonding - does that make sense

This absolutely makes sense. I want my son to get new bonding on his teeth because he's not worn his retainers like he should and those teeth have shifted a little. I thought new bonding would make them appear straight and I thought he can get them whiter and whiten his teeth, but he and the dentist said exactly what you wrote...it does make sence.

You'll get used to this new bonding just like you did the braces. AFter a while, you'll forget it's even there and you'll be eating normally again.

Best Wishes to you!

[jaws]

I'm interested in this question as well...I'm getting 2 peg laterals bonded within the next couple of weeks (when I get my braces off). I do have a few friends who have had bonding since they were young, and they eat apples and everything and nothing has ever broken.

I was also interested in whitening...however I hadn't heard that the bonding material wouldn't whiten. Maybe I'll ask my ortho about this the next time I'm in.

[nimo]

I had my front teeth bonded when I was 17, almost ten years ago (oh, crap, I'm old! j/k). One side fell off when I was 19, when I bit into a wonton (so not even anything as hard as an apple). Other than that, I've had no problems. Just be careful for a week or so, and then bite away!!!