Missing teeth can take a serious toll on your confidence. While those spaces between your teeth can have a cosmetic impact on your smile, you’re also more than likely experiencing functional problems, too. Frustration over these problems may contribute to your feelings of inadequacy. Replacing those teeth with dental bridges won’t just make you prouder to wear your everyday smile, it will also prevent long-term tooth and gum problems and restore functionality to your bite.
Whether you lost your teeth to injury, age, or tooth decay, you have options to restore your smile. Our restorative dentist in Winter Haven can work with you using smile design technology to craft and implement the smile of your dreams.
Our teeth bear an incredible amount of weight. They withstand years of wear, tear, and abuse. They even shift to accommodate your bite and the way that you eat! These amazing features of our teeth can also cause problems in the long run.
Our teeth are meant to create a fairly even plane, especially on our back molars. This allows pressure to evenly disperse across each tooth. If one tooth sticks up farther (say, because a tooth is missing right next to it), then it’s taking more of the burden onto itself for biting and chewing.
To make up for this lack of support, it may begin to shift into that open space, giving your smile the appearance that more gaps are present than before. Your teeth can’t sustain that amount of added wear for a long period of time. They will lose more enamel, face a higher risk of injury, and be more vulnerable to tooth decay. That’s why replacing your teeth with dental bridges is a smart choice, too.
Dental bridges literally bridge the gap between your natural teeth using a combination of dental crowns and one or more false teeth. There are a few different types of dental bridges, including:
We may use one or more of these types of bridges to fill the gaps in your smile. In order to keep your bridges in one piece, don’t chew or bite hard foods or objects. You’ll also need to floss underneath the bridge and maintain proper oral hygiene. With proper care and maintenance, bridges can last 15 years or more!
You don’t have to live with missing teeth. Enjoy improved confidence, better functionality, and a longer lifespan for your existing natural teeth when you get dental bridges from our office. During your consultation, talk to us about designing your new smile with our smile design technology.
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