D2335 — Composite filling — 4+ surfaces, front tooth
A composite restoration on a front tooth is a bonded, tooth-coloured repair. D2335 is the four-or-more-surface version.
This is one of four closely related composite restoration, anterior tooth codes. The treatment is explained in full in the composite restoration, anterior tooth guide — this page is about what makes this particular code different.
Below you will find what this code specifically requires, a realistic price range, the usual benefit handling, and where it stops applying and another code begins.
What has to be true for D2335 to apply
Extent — four or more surfaces. At four surfaces or more the restoration effectively replaces the crown of the tooth while still relying on bonding or mechanical grip rather than wrapping the tooth. Many dentists will recommend an onlay or crown at this size instead.
Material — tooth-coloured composite resin. Composite is a resin filled with glass particles, placed soft and hardened with a blue curing light in layers. It bonds chemically to enamel and dentine, so the preparation can follow the decay instead of being cut to a retentive shape, and less sound tooth is lost. The trade-offs are technique sensitivity — the tooth has to be dry and isolated for the bond to work — and a shorter working life than amalgam under heavy chewing load, typically seven to twelve years on a back tooth. The material is part of the code rather than a choice made afterwards, so D2335 is only the right code if that is what was actually used.
Tooth — an incisor or canine, so the work is visible every time you speak and the colour match is judged in daylight rather than under the dental light.
Counted — per site rather than per tooth. What counts as a single site is the detail that gets argued about on these claims.
D2335 against the codes beside it
D2332 — Composite filling — three surfaces, front tooth: It covers three surfaces instead of four or more surfaces.
D2331 — Composite filling — two surfaces, front tooth: It covers two surfaces instead of four or more surfaces.
D2330 — Composite filling — one surface, front tooth: It covers a single surface instead of four or more surfaces.
Those three codes and D2335 are the whole group — nothing else describes this procedure. The safest question to ask is not "what does this cost" but "which code is going on the claim". The first answer changes; the second decides the first.
Every code in this group
These codes describe the same broad procedure and differ in one respect each. Each has its own page with its own fee range and coverage notes.
| Code | Procedure |
|---|---|
| D2335 | Composite filling — 4+ surfaces, front tooth — this page |
| D2330 | Composite filling — one surface, front tooth |
| D2331 | Composite filling — two surfaces, front tooth |
| D2332 | Composite filling — three surfaces, front tooth |
Questions about D2335
What does dental code D2335 mean?
Composite filling, 4+ surfaces, front tooth. It belongs to the restorative section of the code set.
How much does D2335 cost?
Between $305–$710 in most practices — and that is the figure before any benefit is applied, not what you would pay at the desk.
Is D2335 a covered benefit?
Most plans include it under basic benefits, typically 70–80% after deductible. A pre-treatment estimate is the only way to know your own number in advance.
What is the difference between D2335 and D2332?
D2332 is composite filling, three surfaces, front tooth: it covers three surfaces instead of four or more surfaces. Nothing else separates them, which is exactly why a claim submitted under the wrong one of the two is such a common correction.
Also known as: white filling, composite bonding, front tooth filling, tooth-coloured filling, chipped tooth repair.