DENTAL BRIDGES

What are Dental Bridges?

• Dental bridges bridge the gap created by one or more missing teeth.

A typical dental bridge has:

• Abutment teeth/Supporting teeth: A dental bridge has two crowns on the teeth, on either side of the gap (tooth missing). These anchoring teeth, or supporting teeth, can be your natural teeth or dental implants.
• Pontic: This is a false tooth that fills in the gap and attaches to the crowns.

Types of Dental Bridges

At Focus Dental Care, we provide various types of dental bridges that are:

1. CEREC CAD-CAM bridges, which are fabricated and fixed in a single sitting.
2. Metal-ceramic dental bridges.
3. DMLS (DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING) bridges.
4. Zirconia bridges

PROCEDURE FOR GETTING A DENTAL BRIDGE

For Cerec Cad-Cam Bridge – (Single-Visit Dentistry)

• The first step is preparing the adjacent teeth for seating the bridge, and the selection of shade is made.
• A 3D scan of your mouth is taken.
• Milling of your dental bridge on-site.
• Your dentist fits the dental bridge, checks it, and makes any minor adjustments if required.
• Finally, the doctor will cement/fix it permanently in your mouth, where it will remain for many years and look exactly like any of your natural teeth.

For Other Dental Bridges

• In the first visit, your dentist prepares the abutment teeth/ adjacent teeth to be appropriate for the bridge to be placed.
• Impressions of the shaped teeth are then made and sent to a dental laboratory to construct the bridge.
• In your second visit, the dentist will check the fit of the dental bridge and is sent back to the laboratory for making necessary corrections.
• In the third and the final visit, the dentist will cement/fix the dental bridge permanently.