When a tooth goes missing, this could lead to serious trouble for your oral health, bite function, and your appearance. But we can help with custom dental bridges! In today’s blog, the team at Modern Dentistry of Shrewsbury talks about addressing lost teeth with custom dental bridges.
The Factors Behind Tooth Loss
What causes a tooth to become lost? For some, a missing tooth could occur due to a serious injury to the face or jaw, or even due to a severe cavity or untreated infection. The most common factor behind tooth loss in adults is periodontal disease. When you lose a tooth, this gap could cause misalignment to occur as nearby teeth shift, creating crooked, crowded, and overlapping teeth, causing poor oral health. A larger gap of two to three teeth in a row could impact how you eat and speak, and even strain your bite balance to cause TMJ disorder and bruxism (teeth grinding). But we can help prevent these complications and restore your smile with a dental bridge.
Dental Bridges
A dental bridge is a prosthetic made from ceramic, a material that can handle daily bite forces easily and be shaded to blend with the rest of the teeth. The prosthetic consists of one to three new teeth connected to one another, with crowns on each end. With a traditional one, the corns will be attached to the natural teeth on each side of the gap. Once in place, these will last about 10 to 15 years before a replacement is typically needed.
Implant Dentistry
Our team could also insert one to two dental implants into the jaw, which act as new roots and prevent changes to the jaw ridge from occurring, which then allows your new teeth to stay in place longer, often for decades or even a lifetime. This also means no need to remove structure from the natural teeth on each side of the gap, as they don’t need to support the prosthetic. Instead, dental implants can offer a way to support a bridge and keep the jaw and facial structure intact!
If you have any questions about how we diagnose and treat tooth loss, or about how we secure traditional or implant-supported dental options, then reach out to our team today to learn more and get started. You deserve a complete smile, and we can help with options that look natural, restore function to your bite, and last for many years to come!
Replacing Missing Teeth With Modern Dentistry Of Shrewsbury
Our team wants to help treat the loss of a tooth with lifelike results. If you have one or more missing teeth, call Dr. Mehdi Karimipour, DMD at Modern Dentistry of Shrewsbury in Shrewsbury, MA at (508) 842-8838 today.
