A fixed Bridge, Coalville, Leicester, Dentist

Dental Practice

A fixed bridge is a permanent restoration made of porcelain and various types of metal designed to replace missing teeth. The procedure usually takes between two to three appointments and is very similar to having a crown placed on a tooth.

Process

Extraction

Extraction Site

Prepared Abutments

adjacent teeth prepared

Bridge Cementation

final cementation

Lateral incisor with hopeless prognosis

Your dentist will recontour the teeth on either side of the missing tooth by removing a portion of the enamel and dentin (usually between 1 and 1.5mm).

Several impressions of the prepared teeth will be taken and sent to a lab which will construct the bridge. Your dentist will make you a temporary bridge to protect the exposed teeth while the bridge is being fabricated.

Usually at the second visit, your dentist will fit your new bridge over your teeth. A few adjustments will be made and your dentist may temporarily cement your bridge in for a period of a few weeks.

Occasionally, the bridge can be permanently cemented at the second visit, depending on the clinical situation.

^{Michael
Ingram BDS | Suzie Ingram BDS | Stephen Dovey BDS}

^{187 Greenhill Road}

^Coalville

^{Leicester LE67 4UF}

^{Tel 01530 510783}