Porcelain Bridges
Have you ever found yourself hiding a smile, forcing your mouth closed when you smile or even avoiding a laugh or a smile altogether? If this is due to missing teeth, then Cadena Family Dentistry may be able to help you by fitting a porcelain bridge. Cosmetic bridges are a method of replacing a lost tooth or several adjacent teeth.
Looks aren’t the only reason to replace a missing tooth. The gap left behind when a tooth is lost causes the surrounding teeth to shift away from their correct anatomical placement. If those teeth are allowed to shift, they end up crooked, excessively and unevenly worn and can misalign your entire bite. In severe cases, a missing tooth may even be the cause of bruxism and TMJ. These disorders can leave your jaws sore and swollen and even cause chronic pain in the jaw, face or even your entire head.
Cadena Family Dentistry takes the utmost care to ensure that all bridges we place match your natural teeth in color, shape and size. We typically perform the bridging as a part of a combined “fixed bridge and crown system”. This means that your bridge is permanent and does not need to be removed and cleaned nightly in the same way that dentures do.
Because your bridge is attached to your natural teeth, maintenance is easy and doesn’t pose much of a change to an already healthy daily routine. We would walk you through on how to properly thread dental floss or how to use a small interspace cleaning brush to clean your bridge. Brush all teeth surfaces and along the gum line twice a day every day and floss in between your teeth daily.