A dental bridge is a false tooth which is used to fill up the gap created by the loss of a tooth. A false tooth is fused between the two porcelain crowns. These crowns are fixed to the adjacent natural teeth- bridging them together. Under local anaesthesia, your Glasgow dentist starts reshaping and trimming the teeth adjacent to the missing tooth, for crowning. Dentist will then take the impression of the teeth and send it to the Glasgow dental laboratory to prepare the two crowns with a bridge in between. In the mean time, the temporary bridge and crown is placed over the prepared teeth. In the next visit, fitting of the permanent crown and bridge is checked along with matching the natural teeth color and the movement of bite. Then temporary one is removed and the permanent dental bridge is fixed properly over the prepared area. With good hygienic care and avoid eating hard food, the bridge can stay in its place for around 10 years. Methods other than bridging include the dentures which are not so stable and dental implants.

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