Dental bridges

Dental-BridgesWhether you are missing one tooth or many, fixed dental bridges are another alternative to replace your teeth.  Missing teeth can cause a variety of problems: shifting of the teeth, which causes loss of alignment of your teeth.  Super eruption of opposing tooth and subsequent gum disease and in some instances temporomanibular joint disorders.

Bridges, like dental implants, are meant to replace the missing tooth.  Fixed dental bridges are supported by the adjacent teeth.  It requires reshaping or capping of the adjacent teeth to support the missing teeth.

To find out more about dental bridges, please call us for consultation at (212) 682-0866.