Dental Bridge
Dental bridge is a dental restoration used to replace a missing tooth by joining permanently to adjacent teeth or dental implants.
Type of Bridge
-Traditional bridges involve creating a crown for the tooth or implant on either side of the missing tooth, with a pontic in between. Traditional bridges are the most common type of bridge and are made of either porcelain fused to metal or ceramics.
- Cantilever bridges are used when there are adjacent teeth on only one side of the missing tooth or teeth.
- Maryland bonded bridges (also called a resin-bonded bridge or a Maryland bridge) are made of plastic teeth and gums supported by a metal framework. Metal wings on each side of the bridge are bonded to your existing teeth.
Material Used For The Bridges
- Full metal/gold
- Porcelain fused to metal/gold
- All ceramic