Composite & Dental Bonding
Composite bonding = adhesive dentistry
Since the invention of plastics (composites) and adhesives, dental manufacturers have been researching how they may benefit patients. Retention restorations like amalgam fillings and crowns have been used for over 100 years and are still used today, but adhesive restorations offer new benefits for patients.
Conserving tooth structure
The greatest benefit of adhesive dentistry is the ability to conserve tooth structure. Amalgam fillings and retention crowns require the tooth to be cut into a specific shape to hold the restorative material. With adhesive dentistry, teeth are treated based on pathologies, saving healthy tooth structure.
Visual appeal
Restorative composite and bonded ceramic offers patients restorations that look like natural tooth, making it less apparent when teeth have been treated. Many patients like that restored teeth blend in better with their natural teeth.
Not all composite bonding is equal
Alleman Dental founder Dr. David Alleman, DDS studied adhesive dentistry when it was new in 1995. Frustrated with full coverage crowns and other retention restorations that led to fractures and sensitivity, he sought better options for his patients.
But early adhesive dentistry didn’t solve every problem, so Dr. Alleman took to the published research himself, identifying techniques and materials that would improve adhesive dentistry by eliminating the causes of post-operative sensitivity and creating bonded restorations that have lasted over 20 years and counting. These protocols, called the Six Lessons Approach to Biomimetic Dentistry, are the only protocols we use at Alleman Dental.
