When you suffer from a missing tooth, or a few in a row, you may feel embarrassed about your appearance. But we can offer tooth replacement with a cosmetic approach using our lifelike dental bridges. In today’s blog, your Cerritos, CA, dentist talks about how we take on your missing teeth and provide a full smile again with a custom dental bridge.
The Impact of Minor Tooth Loss
Losing a tooth or as little as three or four in a row could be a source of embarrassment, and cause you to avoid social interactions, which then impacts your quality of life. But beyond your appearance, even minor tooth loss could lead to issues with your oral health. For example, you could be more vulnerable to complications like misalignment, TMJ disorder, and even bruxism. You could experience issues eating your favorite foods or even speaking clearly. To avoid these complications, we want to fill the gap in your smile with durable and lifelike replacement teeth.
Creating a Lifelike Dental Prosthetic
Your dental bridge will be custom-made to ensure it not only looks natural, but that you maintain a balanced bite and better oral health. To begin, we will numb the abutment teeth, the natural ones on each side of the gap in your smile. Once we do so, we will remove structure from them to make room for the crown portions of your new bridge. We take detailed images and measurements of the gap and the prepared teeth, and use this in a lab setting to design and craft your new prosthetic. Your prosthetic will contain new teeth with crowns on one or both sides. Made from ceramic, this will be able to endure daily bite forces, and also be color-matched to blend with your smile!
Attaching Your Natural-Looking Bridge
When your prosthetic is ready, you will return to the office so we can check the fit and if necessary, make some final adjustments. We then attach the crown portions to the abutment teeth to support your new ones. This is fixed in place, so you don’t need to remove the prosthetic for maintenance. On average, they last about 10 to 15 years before replacement is needed. To keep them strong and safeguard your remaining natural teeth. be sure you brush and floss daily, including your new teeth a swell. You also need to clean the spaces between the top of the gums and the bottom of your prosthetic.
If you have any questions about our dental bridges, then contact our team today.
TALK TO OUR TEAM ABOUT COSMETIC TOOTH REPLACEMENT
To schedule a consultation for our cosmetic tooth replacement options, then make an appointment with Cerritos Dental Surgery in California call 562-584-4082 today.
