Don’t live with a gap in your smile once you lose a tooth. Instead, talk to our team about a custom and natural-looking dental prosthetic! In today’s blog, your Celina, TX, dentist talks about how we create a custom and lifelike dental bridge to address the gap and help you smile with confidence again!
The Causes of Your Missing Teeth
How does a smile lose natural teeth? You could lose a tooth due to a serious injury to the face or jaw, or an accident. People also suffer from tooth loss as a result of a cavity or infection that has become severe, causing a tooth to fall out or require extraction to stop the spread of infection. The most common factor behind tooth loss is periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease. As part of your treatment, we will examine your smile to assess the cause of your tooth loss, so if necessary, we can treat underlying issues like periodontal disease, protecting your remaining natural teeth in the process.
Creating and Placing a Dental Bridge
If you have lost an individual tooth, or as many as two to three in a row, then a dental bridge could provide the care you need to smile with confidence. We will examine your smile and if a bridge is right for you, we will numb the abutment teeth on each side of the gap, so we can comfortably remove structure to accommodate the crown portions of your new prosthetic. We then take detailed digital images and impressions of the area, which we use in a lab setting to design and craft your new prosthetic.
When your bridge is ready, it will contain new teeth with crowns on each side, all made from ceramic. This material is very strong and durable, and can be shaded to blend with your smile seamlessly. We then attach the crown positions to the abutment teeth to secure your new teeth for years to come.
Can We Support Them With Dental Implants?
A traditional prosthetic can stay in place for 10 to 15 years for replacement is needed. But! We can also provide dental implants to address the missing teeth. We can insert one to two into the jaw to support the new teeth, so we don’t need to remove structure from abutment teeth. This also strengthens the jaw, so your new teeth can last for much longer, decades or even a lifetime in some cases. If you have any questions about how we design and treat tooth loss, or if you want more information about our custom bridges, then contact our team.
Celina Family Dentistry Helps Smiles With Dental Prosthetics
We want to help you enjoy good oral health and improved confidence by addressing tooth loss. To obtain a complete smile, please call Celina Family Dentistry in Celina, TX at (214) 851-0130 today.
