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Hi, I just had dental bonding done to repair a front tooth that was chipped on the biting edge – a part of the corner was missing. This occurred about ten years ago and was fixed previously with bonding. The previous results were excellent and lasted 10 years until falling off when I was chewing a pen, but I’m not sure if I’m happy with this result. My previous dentist was amazing, but unfortunately I had to move away from him and just basically got this dentist off a list from my insurance. Where he did the bonding is raised above the surface of my tooth. It almost looks like there is a bump on my tooth if you are close enough, and there seems to me to be quite a pronounced edge between the tooth and bonding. The ‘bump’ issue can also be felt with the fingers in comparison to the next tooth. Also, he made my front teeth significantly closer together somehow. Maybe it’s supposed to be cosmetic, but I can’t get a piece of floss between them without it getting shredded, whereas before the teeth were a normal distance apart (in my opinion). My question is: are these legitimate things to be concerned about after bonding, or are my standards too high? Should I go back to that dentist to get them fixed, or go to someone else?