Dental bridge
What are they?
Dental bridges are false teeth, which are fused between two porcelain crowns to fill in the area left by a missing tooth.
Dental bridges are used to replace one or more missing teeth, which fills gaps with natural-looking artificial teeth, helps minimize chewing and speaking problems, and providing overall added function to the mouth.
What we will do...
The dentist will use soft, moldable material to take impressions of your mouth. The dental technician will use these to make exact plaster models of your upper and lower teeth and gums, which show how your teeth bite together.
The dentist will prepare the teeth which will support the bridge so that the bridge is not too bulky. He will the take another impression of the teeth and any gaps and the dental technician will use this to make the bridge. A plastic temporary bridge or temporary crown may be fitted in the meantime.
At your final visit, the dentist will check that the bridge fits and make minor adjustments after which he will fix it permanently in place.
The dentist or hygienists will show you the best way of keeping your new bridge clean
A bridge can improve the way you look, bite, chew and speak and since it is custom built, the bridge can be matched to the colour of your own teeth.
It can last many years if kept clean and if there is no accidental damage and natural teeth are protected from wear and tear, and from moving or tilting out of line which could cause your teeth to bite together incorrectly.
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