Dental Bridges

A dental bridge is a fixed restoration suitable for one or more missing teeth.

With a dental bridge, your oral functions such as chewing and speaking will dramatically improve. Our dental bridges are made using ultraconservative crowns created from materials that mimic dentine and enamel.

Introducing… Dental Bridges

• Treatment: fixed treatment for missing teeth/to replace old dentures.
• Duration of Results: 7-10 years, depending on health and denture care and maintenance.
• Benefits: one of the most cost-effective solutions for missing teeth.
• Methods: digital scans + custom denture design and fitting.

Why Get a Dental Bridge?

Unlike dentures which are a removable solution, bridges are fixed in the mouth by your dentist. Rather than using suction to stay in place, they are aided by the support of a healthy tooth and a crowned tooth, allowing them to sit solidly in place without disturbance.

Dental bridges can:

• Preserve your tooth alignment.
• Stop your teeth from moving into the gap in your smile.
• Improve your chewing function.
• Improve the quality of your speech.

Denture Process

• Evaluation
  One of our experienced restorative dentists will take digital photos of your smile, as well as X-rays and dental impressions. This diagnostic information is passed on to our talented dental technician, who will create, shape and shade the individual teeth that will make up the crowns used as part of your bridge.
• Bridge Design
  The dental technician creates your dental bridge in the lab. Your dental bridge will be ready within 2-3 weeks.
• Bridge Fitting
  Your new bridge is fitted in place using a strong adhesive. We may need to remove a very small amount of tooth structure to fit it. However, the conservative methods used by our dentists generally allow for very minimal disturbance to your remaining tooth structure. We work in this way wherever possible.

Ultraconservative and Durable Bridges at SA Smile Clinic

The crowns that we create to make your dental bridge are a little different to your average dental crown.

Our crowns are made using ultraconservative biomimetic principles. This means they copy nature in every possible way.

We use materials such as porcelain, ceramic, zirconia and lithium disilicate Emax, to provide an excellent degree of strength and longevity. These materials are as well known for their strength as they are for their beautifully natural aesthetics.

Biomimetically-created crowns will have the capacity to withstand the everyday forces exerted in your mouth. Your bridge will be adhered in a manner that minimises wear and tear on neighbouring teeth as much as possible.

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