Dental Bridges

WHAT ARE DENTAL BRIDGES

The purpose of a bridge is to replace one or more missing teeth and look and function naturally. It is permanently anchored to the teeth on either side of the space created by the missing teeth. When a lost tooth is replaced with bridgework, the teeth on either side are prepared as crowns to serve as anchors or “abutments” for the bridge. Crowns and bridges are most often made from ceramic tooth colored porcelain on the outside, fused to gold alloy underneath.