Crown and bridge restorations are both durable and aesthetic forms of restoring your teeth
. They do not only help improve the look of your smile by capping or replacing damaged teeth, but they also help in terms of the functionality of your teeth. They are used to restore badly damaged or missing teeth. Regardless of how badly damaged your teeth are a crown and bridge restorations can make your smile beautiful and functional again.
The appearance and aesthetics of someones smile is a major aspect in building confidence, and it is vitally important that treatment is begun sooner rather than later. Even if you suffer from a single missing tooth, it can affect all surrounding teeth, causing them to shift and drift into the gaps. The can also affect your ability to speak and eat properly. And this is when dental crowns and bridges can help you regain all of this.
Crowns are dental restorations that are placed over a tooth when simply are not enough to restore the functionality to the tooth because of how worn or damaged it is. A bridge is a simple replacement for missing teeth. A simple type of a bridge is where 2 crowns are placed either side of the missing tooth, so that it can be fixed effectively. Another type of bridge consists of the replacement tooth being attached to the adjacent teeth. Bridges can also be supported by dental implants. Crowns and bridges can now be made entirely from tooth coloured materials so that they fit into your mouth with no problems aesthetically.
Dental Crowns:
Crowns resolves aesthetic needs, restore tooth function so that you can continue with your life normally. To improve your smile, a porcelain or tooth-coloured crown can be used to replace older crowns that have become damaged over time. A crown can also be used after a dentist has performed a root canal treatment. The crown is placed over the treated tooth to help preserve the functionality of the tooth.
Dental Bridges:
Dental bridges are placed in the mouth to restore missing teeth. They also help to prevent surrounding teeth from shifting and drifting into the place of the missing teeth and creating further problems both aesthetically and functionally. Whether supported by natural teeth or implants, bridges can offer life-like aesthetics and stable chewing surfaces, so you can resume a normal lifestyle.