21/05/2023
How is dental bridge made and installed?
Patients who don’t want to get dental implant or removable denture after the tooth falls off, may choose dental bridge. But do you know how dental bridge is made and installed?
1. When one of your teeth is lost, you must first make sure you are candidate for dental bridge.
2. After confirmation, you go to the dental hospital for dental check-up, X-ray examination and tooth preparation (tooth trimming). Please note: the neighboring teeth (on either side) of the missing tooth will be shaped for the bridge to be fitted.
3. The dentist will take a shade and an impression of your teeth, record the data, and then send them to the lab for bridge production.
4. Temporary crowns will be made on the same day to fit on the trimmed teeth for esthetic purposes.
5. Second visit is paid one or two weeks later for the placement of the bridge and occlusion adjustment.
6. Procedure is completed.
Dental bridge is also known as fixed bridge, as it is fixed to the adjacent anchoring teeth, unable to be removed by the patient.
