Dental Bridge Pictures

Here at our Char­lotte NC den­tal office, while den­tal implants are pre­ferred for replac­ing miss­ing teeth, some­times a bridge is a bet­ter choice.  And with all-ceramic, metal-free bridges now avail­able and extremely strong, they look and feel great. How do you know when you might choose a bridge instead of a den­tal implant”

Rea­sons to do a Den­tal Bridge

1. If there are no more than 2 miss­ing teeth in a row.
2. When the teeth around the miss­ing space also need den­tal work due to cav­i­ties or other fail­ing den­tal work, you can fix mul­ti­ple prob­lems with 1 solution
3. If there is a lot of bone and gum tis­sue miss­ing and it would require a lot of bone and gum graft­ing to build it back up enough for an implant.
4. Replac­ing an old bridge that is failing.

Rea­sons to Get a Den­tal Implant

1. If the teeth around the miss­ing one are healthy, don’t grind off healthy enamel!
2. If there is plenty of bone to sup­port an implant.
3. If you have a high risk of tooth decay, i.e. get cav­i­ties a lot, since you can’t get a cav­ity on an implant.
4. If you want the longest-lasting solu­tion.  Implants usu­ally last much longer than bridges.

Before-and-After Pho­tos of Den­tal Bridges

As with all other pho­tos on Smiles​by​Payet​.com, don’t for­get that every sin­gle one of these pho­tos is of our patients and our work (unless noted for some spe­cific edu­ca­tional purpose).

Patient #1: Tara

Tara had been unhappy with the old PFM (porcelain-fused-to-metal) bridge on her top left teeth for many years, espe­cially as gum reces­sion had left some of the metal edges exposed and unsightly.  In addi­tion, she really wanted to brighten her smile over­all.  We replaced the old bridge and extended a cou­ple teeth far­ther back to replace another miss­ing tooth.

Patient 2: Delores

Delores came to us to help after part of her old bridge broke (more than 20 years she’d had it!), and since it was right in the front, she was quite self-conscious.  After some dis­cus­sion, we also decided to do a 3/4 porce­lain crown on the second-left top tooth to straighten it out and make her whole smile bet­ter.  With our CEREC Dig­i­tal Impres­sion sys­tem, our lab cre­ated a beau­ti­ful bridge and crown to give Delores her smile back.

To make an appoint­ment for a Com­pli­men­tary Consultation:

Request an Appoint­ment Online or call us at 704–364-7069.

We’ll look for­ward to meet­ing you soon!