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What Is a Dental Bridge? Dental bridges literally bridge the gap created by one or more missing teeth. A dental implant starts with a post placed in your jaw during oral surgery. It goes in the spot ...

Tooth loss is extremely common. It’s estimated that 69 percent of adults 35 to 44 have lost at least one adult tooth. By age 74, about a quarter of Americans lose all of their adult teeth. When you ...

A dental bridge replaces one or more missing or broken teeth with fake teeth. Bridges use one or more real teeth on either side of the gap to hold the fake teeth in place. Bridges may be either fixed, ...

If you have missing teeth, your dentist can bridge the gaps with dental bridges. A dental bridge is a false tooth (pontic) held in place by the teeth on either side of the gap. Although pontics can be ...

Information about conventional dental bridges and your treatment with Bristol Dental School. A bridge is a fixed replacement for a missing tooth, or teeth. A dental bridge is fixed in place and cannot ...

There are three main types of dental bridges: traditional fixed bridges, cantilever bridges and Maryland bonded bridges. Each of these is described in more detail below, as well as a section to ...

Dr. Brandon Ryff, the director of Scottsdale Smile Center, answers some common questions about dental implant therapy ...