What Are Dental Bridges & How Can They Benefit You?

Dental bridges are an incredibly popular, simple, and highly effective dental procedure – one that does what its name implies and performs cosmetic wonders: dental bridges quickly and efficiently work towards literally ‘bridging’ the gaps that are often left by one or more missing teeth. A single bridge is comprised of up to two or more dental crowns for the affected teeth, located on either side of the gap and a false tooth – or combination of false teeth – in between. The two or more ‘anchoring teeth’ are referred to as abutment teeth, while the false teeth are referred to as pontics. Pontics can be made from a wide variety of materials including gold, porcelain, or alloys – and even a combination of all these. Dental bridges can either be supported by an individual’s own natural teeth or prosthetic implants.

Dental bridges and crowns can provide you with a wide variety of visible benefits while resulting in as little recovery or down time as possible. In fact, when properly administered, this particular cosmetic dental procedure can offer to:

• restore your ability to both chew and speak properly
• prevent any of your remaining teeth from drifting out of their proper positions
• effectively maintain the look and shape of your face
• adequately distribute the forces in your bite properly by replacing any lost or missing teeth
• in addition to efficiently helping you restore your smile

If you’re suffering from unsightly gaps and unwanted spaces caused by missing or lost teeth, our team of highly trained dentists in Brisbane – with the help of high quality dental crowns – can work towards improving your quality of life by making your smile look significantly better. Be sure to contact us right away and we’ll get you closer to a noticeably more stunning and gorgeous smile in almost no time.