If you have one or more missing teeth, it can significantly affect your appearance, confidence and ability to eat and speak. For many people, the ideal solution is a secure and durable dental implant but modern dentistry has ensured bridges and dentures are now a fantastic alternative. Your fully functioning and complete smile is certainly within reach!
Contact UsWhether you have lost a tooth through an accident or if it has been extracted, bridges can fill in gaps in your smile. Made either from porcelain mused to a metal base or from all-ceramic, bridges work by using the teeth on either side of the gap as support for a beautifully aesthetic replacement tooth.
Bridges are a more secure alternative to partial dentures as they are fixed into place. We can also use a bridge in combination with implants to replace more than one missing tooth, restoring your smile and confidence.
Dentures are removable false teeth that come with a host of benefits, including helping to improve how you eat and speak, as well as boosting your confidence by restoring your smile. They can also enhance facial shape, especially around the lips and in the cheek area. You can either have partial dentures for a few missing teeth or full dentures to replace a whole set of teeth on the upper or lower jaw.
They are usually made from acrylic, or a combination of acrylic and metal, and modern materials mean that partial dentures will blend in beautifully with existing teeth and complete dentures can pass for the real thing.
Contact UsConsidered the next best thing to secure and aesthetic natural teeth, dental implants are an ideal solution for missing teeth, and are very popular with many patients. They are created using innovative digital techniques and high-quality materials. With implants, we can achieve incredible and long-lasting results.
Find out moreGood oral hygiene is essential to ensure the longevity of your bridge. It is especially important to clean under the false tooth, as well as brushing and flossing regularly.
If you care for your bridge properly, including attending regular check up appointments with your dentist, your bridge can easily last for up to ten years, if not more.
A dental bridge is fixed into place permanently to create a secure and durable restoration, so it cannot be removed. This is a huge benefit for many patients, removing the worry that their bridge will become lost or damaged when out of the mouth.
Dentures are designed to be hard-wearing, but they will last longer if you treat them with care. Clean your dentures with a toothbrush or a special denture brush and remember to keep your gums and any remaining teeth clean too. You will also need to attend regular check-ups so your dentist and hygienist can keep an eye on your oral health.
Dentures should be removed before you go to bed so your gums can have a rest, but they must be stored in water or denture fluid as they could lose their shape if allowed to dry out.
If you are having complete dentures, these will be fitted in the top or bottom of your mouth. This complete denture will consist of a gum coloured arch with a set of prosthetic teeth attached. Partial dentures will be used if you only have one or a few missing teeth and may be held in place with metal hooks attached to existing teeth.
Your new dentures will feel odd at first, but you will soon get used to them and be able to eat and speak as normal. You may even find this becomes easier as you no longer have a missing tooth to deal with! You can help your speech by reading aloud or repeating tricky words, and, with eating, we advise starting with softer foods and building up to more challenging items.
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