Dental Bridge
A dental bridge may be the right dental restoration for your smile if you are missing one or more teeth in a row. At Family Dental Care, our dental bridges are custom made to fit the size, shape, and natural appearance of the surrounding teeth.
If you are missing one tooth or multiple teeth in a row, we may recommend a dental bridge to restore your smile. A bridge is a fixed dental restoration, meaning it is non-removable. The dental bridge is anchored in place through the use of dental crowns, which are custom made to fit your smile and are placed on the teeth or dental implants next to the space left by the missing tooth. These crowns hold the artificial tooth in place to restore your smile, ensuring that your restoration will not easily shift or come loose. It typically requires only two visits in our practice to complete the dental bridge. Dental bridges are designed to last for many years and to restore the function, beauty, and health of your smile.
Our dentist may recommend a dental bridge to improve your smile by:
- Restoring your ability to speak, eat, and chew as normal
- Alleviating excess stress on the bite
- Improving the shape and volume of your face
- Replacing an unwanted removable partial denture
- Preventing the remaining natural teeth from moving out of position
- Enhancing the appearance of your smile
We will help you determine whether a custom dental bridge is the right choice for restoring your smile after tooth loss. For more information, please call or visit us today.
Dental Crowns
When decay in a tooth has become so advanced that large portions of the tooth must be removed, a dental crown is often used to restore the tooth. Crowns are typically used to restore a tooth’s function and appearance following a restorative procedure such as a root canal, but can also be used to enhance broken or misshapen teeth. If you would like to receive a high-quality dental crowns visit Family Dental Care.
Dental crowns can be made of metal alloy, or porcelain fused to metal, metal free ceramic crowns (are popular because they closely match the natural colour and appearance of your teeth) and even in Gold.
Our dentist will help you determine which type of dental crown is right for your smile.
Your smile may benefit from a crown if a tooth is damaged or decayed to the point that a dental filling will not provide a successful restoration. Crowns can also be used for a number of other restorative and aesthetic purposes, including:
- To protect a tooth following root canal treatment
- To anchor and attach a dental bridge
- To cover and complete a dental implant
- To enhance the beauty of your smile
- To improve a shape of the tooth
- To strengthen a tooth that is fractured or weakened
- To support a large filling when little natural tooth structure remains
