If you have a smile that cannot support one or more dental implants, but have suffered from tooth loss, then we could still help. We can offer a cosmetic and nonsurgical solution to tooth loss with a ceramic bridge. In today’s blog, your Cerritos, CA, dentist talks about addressing missing teeth with a dental bridge.
The Importance of Addressing Minor Tooth Loss
Losing a tooth, or possible two or three in a row, could complicate your life and impact your oral health. The gap could make you feel self-conscious, and could lead to issues in your social life. The gap could also mean that surrounding teeth drift from position, this drift creating misalignment. Your poor alignment then increases the risk of tooth decay and gum disease. Missing teeth could also strain your bite balance, so you are more vulnerable to painful issues like TMJ disorder and bruxism (chronic teeth grinding). You could also have issues with your meal options and even your ability for clear speech! Which is why you need to treat minor tooth loss with a bridge, a non-surgical option that can fill the empty space in your smile and offer lifelike results.
Creating Your Ceramic Bridge
Each prosthetic is made from ceramic, a strong material that can withstand daily bite forces and pressures. The same material can be shaded to blend with your smile, so you have a natural appearance. To begin, we will need to numb the teeth on each side of the gap, which we refer to as abutment teeth. We then remove structure from them and take detailed images and impressions, which we use to design and craft your bridge. The finished product will contain new teeth with crowns on each side, all made from lifelike and durable ceramic.
Attaching Your New Teeth
Our team will connect the crown portions of your new teeth to the abutment teeth on each side of the gap. This will secure your new prosthetic in place, and your new teeth could last for 10 to 15 years on average. Now, we also have an option where we could attach them to dental implants, which means they can last longer, but this will involve oral surgery, which for some the jaw may not be able to support without first undergoing grafting.
If you have any questions about dental bridges, then contact our team today to learn more and get started! You still have time to see us and use your 2025 dental benefits before they expire at the end of the year.
TALK TO OUR TEAM ABOUT OUR COSMETIC TREATMENTS
To schedule a consultation for noninvasive tooth replacement, then make an appointment with Cerritos Dental Surgery in California call 562-584-4082 today.
