We can restore a gap in your smile with a dental bridge, helping you to develop confidence and chewing function again.

There are several different bridge types available:

A Conventional Bridge – the most commonly used type of bridge. These bridges use two neighbouring teeth on either side to help anchor the new prosthetic tooth or teeth in place.
A Maryland or Bonded Bridge – requires two teeth as support, without the need for drilling the adjacent teeth. It uses either a porcelain or metal frame attached to the back of the neighbouring teeth as anchors, rather than a dental crown.
Cantilever Bridges – require neighbouring tooth or teeth on one side of the gap as anchors.

What to expect during the treatment:

We’ll take an impression or digital image of the mouth so that we can understand how the teeth bite together.
We’ll then prepare the ‘anchor’ teeth so that the bridge and fixings can securely and comfortably fit.
We’ll take another impression or digital image – this will be used by the laboratory for the fabrication of the bridge.
Once your personal bridge has been made, we will fit it for you at the practice.

Bridges can be used to replace one or several missing teeth, using neighbouring teeth as support, they are designed to quite literally ‘bridge’ a gap in a smile, improving and restoring function.

In many cases, we may supply a temporary bridge or dental crown while your final bridge is being made. This means you don’t have to put up with gaps in your teeth as you wait for your permanent bridge to be fabricated.