Losing a tooth could be a source of embarrassment and could also threaten your overall oral health. But we can provide a replacement designed to address more minor cases of tooth loss, with lifelike results. In today’s blog, your Londonderry, NH, dentist talks about securing a natural-looking dental bridge.
The Causes of Missing Teeth
When you lose a tooth, this gap could cause the onset of misalignment, TMJ disorder, bruxism, and other complications. You could also feel uncomfortable with your appearance, which impacts your quality of life. Tooth loss could be due to an injury or accident, or advanced tooth decay or infection. The most common cause is periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease. To avoid the risk of further tooth loss and other complications, you should see our team for replacement. With a dental bridge, we can address a single missing tooth or as many as three to four in a row.
Our Dental Bridges
To begin, we will numb the abutment teeth, the natural ones on each side of the gap in your smile. Next, we will remove structure from them to make room for your prosthetic. Once we do, we will take images and impressions of the prepared teeth and the gap, using them in a lab setting to design and craft your bridge from ceramic. The prosthetic will contain new teeth with crowns on each end. The ceramic material ensures your new teeth and crowns can support daily bite forces and pressures, and that we can shade them to look natural. We attach the crown portions to the prepared teeth to secure your bridge firmly in place. This prosthetic can then stay in place for up to 15 years before replacement is needed.
Support with Dental Implants
Did you know we could also support them with dental implants? With this option, we don’t need to remove structure from abutment teeth. Instead, we will insert one to two dental implants into the jaw, where they act like new roots and keep your jaw ridge from changing shape. Which means once we attach the crown portions of your ridge to them, you have new teeth that can stay in place for decades to come, possibly a lifetime!
If you have any questions about our bridges, or about supporting them with dental implants, then contact our team today to learn more. We are ready to help you enjoy a full smile again, one you can’t wait to show off the world.
Schedule An Appointment for Our Lifelike Dental Prosthetics
Our team wants to help you enjoy lifelike tooth replacement that can last for years to come. You can schedule an appointment with the team for lifelike tooth replacement at My Dentist in Londonderry, NH, today by calling 603-965-3407.
