Dental Bridge
A dental bridge is one way to replace a missing tooth and restore your smile.
What is a Dental Bridge?
A dental bridge is a permanent dental solution that replaces one or more missing teeth by securely attaching an artificial tooth to neighboring teeth.
What are the benefits of a dental bridge?
A dental bridge can:
- Improved Chewing Function
- Improves your smile and gives confidence
- Help to maintain your tooth alignment
- Can help to improve speech
- Is a quick and efficient
- Cost-Effective
- Minimal Surgical Intervention
Types of Dental Bridges
Traditional Fixed Dental Bridge: create a filler tooth supported by crowns on healthy teeth. Made from porcelain fused to metal or ceramics. Requires reshaping and crowns on supporting teeth.
Cantilever Dental Bridge: utilized when only one side of the missing tooth has healthy teeth. Used in specific situations where one side lacks teeth. Designed for pontic to be outside the abutment teeth.
Maryland Bonded Dental Bridge: Metal framework with porcelain fused to metal teeth. Fixed to adjacent healthy teeth with metal or porcelain wings/More conservative alternative to traditional bridges, no reshaping or crowns required.
Missing Teeth
The longer-term consequences of losing a tooth should not be underestimated and we would highly recommend talking to a dentist about your own unique circumstances.
Why Choose Us?
“Treating Patients like Family since 1977”
Duthie Dental have been delivering outstanding family dental care since 1977. Our team of highly skilled clinicians, nurses and administrators look forward to welcoming you and will strive to do all they can to treat any problems you may have.
In 2021 we opened The Abbey by Duthie Dental which houses our Specialist Referral Clinic for more complex concerns and treatment. This allows our patients a much broader range of treatments they can have with us instead of being referred out to a different practice.
