Crowns And Bridges

When you have missing teeth, it can make eating a little difficult. Luckily there are two great ways – crowns and bridges – to replace your mouth’s lost offering so that you’ll be able to eat and smile as if nothing was ever wrong in the first place!

Dental crowns are used to improve the appearance of existing teeth and sometimes even to increase your tooth’s support. Think of a crown as a protective covering over a tooth that replaces and protects it when the natural structure of the tooth becomes damaged or decayed and needs to be extracted. Dental crowns have other uses too, such as covering cavity areas that are too large for fillings, replacing cracked or broken teeth, protecting root canals and much more!

A dental bridge is a false replacement tooth that can be made of many different materials. These include alloys, porcelain, gold, or a combination thereof. The main purpose of a dental bridge is to prevent the teeth adjacent to the gap from moving apart and thus allow the surrounding jawbone tissue to be preserved.