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Crowns And Bridges

Crowns and bridges are fixed dental prostheses, that are cemented on teeth or dental implants.

When placed on teeth, they require the natural tooth to be ground down to form an abutment tooth.

They are usually made of metal and porcelain or just porcelain and they can correct the shape and colour of your natural teeth and replace missing teeth.

Gallery

Cases that have been treated with CROWNS and BRIDGES at our clinic.
Click the arrow to the right to see more photos of each case.

After

Here we see her smile with the new crowns.

The aesthetic restoration of a front tooth with a crown is very difficult, especially when it is next to a natural tooth, because it is difficult to imitate nature with artificial means.

It takes excellent dental work to achieve the result in the photo and to make our patient happy.

Before

The patient came to the practice a month before her wedding to have the crowns she had on one anterior and one posterior tooth, replaced with new ones in the correct colour.

Our goal is to give the teeth the best possible colour and shape, so that they do not stand out from the rest of the natural teeth.

After

We fabricated an all-ceramic lithium disilicate crown on the anterior tooth and a zirconia crown for the posterior tooth, significantly improving both the shape and color of the teeth.

Zirconia is a harder material than lithium disilicate and is more suitable for crowns and small bridges in the back of the mouth.

Before

The crowns that the patient had on her teeth had different problems.

The crown on the front tooth was not the right colour, while the crown on the back tooth was neither the right shape nor the right colour.

After

After the placement of the crowns, the appearance of the smile is excellent and the excellent health of the gums contributes to this.

Before

Here we see the patient’s natural tooth as it looked under the original crown when we removed it.

The tooth was devitalised and therefore the colour of the photo. When teeth are drilled for crowns, a significant amount of tooth structure is removed.

If a crown has already been placed on a tooth, we still need to make a crown to replace the old one.

Crowns, on an anterior and a posterior tooth

After

With the new bridge we built, we improved dental health, but we also delivered a new smile that radically changed how the patient looked.

Before

Bridges are used to replace one or more missing teeth.

Our patient had a large bridge in his upper jaw and wanted to have it replaced for aesthetic reasons.

Replacement of an old dental bridge

After

The all-ceramic crowns and bridges were made out of zirconia.

Before

All-ceramic crowns and bridges have no metal reinforcement.

They can be made of lithium disilicate or zirconium oxide, depending on the requirements of each case.

After

…the final patient’s smile

Before

Restorations placed on the caste before delivery, and

Crowns and bridges on natural teeth

After

Crowns were needed on the front teeth because they had extensive restorations.

Bridges were placed on the missing back teeth because dental implants could not be placed.

Crowns and bridges restored the health of the teeth, corrected the patient’s smile and gave him confidence.

Before

The problems with the patient’s smile were obvious.

The front teeth had many fillings and decay.

At the same time, two teeth in the back of the mouth were missing.

After

The front teeth received full crowns because they were missing a significant amount of tooth structure.

In the molars, we replaced one bridge with a new one and made another bridge in the area where a tooth had been lost.

The restorations are all-ceramic zirconia.

Before

Decay in the front teeth and gum recession around the old bridge.

Exposure of the root makes the teeth susceptible to decay.

Crowns and bridges on natural teeth

After

Here, the old metal-ceramic crowns were replaced with zirconia crowns, which have good durability and at the same time gave our patient a satisfactory aesthetic smile.

With the right colour and shape, the patient’s teeth looked more youthful and her smile was enhanced.

Before

Crowns and bridges that have been in your mouth for a long time will eventually need to be replaced.

Replacement of metal-ceramic crowns

After

We constructed a single span all-ceramic Maryland bridge , bonded to the adjacent tooth

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Before

The patient in the photo, had been wearing a mobile appliance for the missing lateral incisor for 10 years. She wanted to have a dental implant placed at some point and did not want a fixed bridge until then.

After

Intraoral view of restoration for the lateral incisor

Before

The prosthetic tooth is held in place by the wing of the Maryland bridge, which is bonded to the adjacent central insicor.

All ceramic Maryland bridge

After

The patient’s smile with 11 all-ceramic crowns placed on the upper jaw.

Before

In the lady in the photo, the 6 front teeth had metal-ceramic crowns made 20 years ago.

The patient wanted to replace them and at the same time restore the remaining teeth in the upper jaw.

After

We placed 11 all-ceramic zirconia crowns on the upper teeth.

The new crowns restored the correct teeth size and the dental arch was balanced by including the posterior teeth in the restoration.

Before

The gums around the old crowns had receded and their metallic finish was visible.

The patient felt that the teeth were large in relation to the face and lips.

After

All-ceramic zirconia crowns restored the structure of the teeth and helped improve the patient’s smile aesthetically.

Before

The posterior maxillary teeth had extensive amalgam fillings and endodontic treatment.

Most were dyschromatic.

Replacement of metal-ceramic crowns with all-ceramic crowns

After

A bridge replaced the missing tooth and aesthetically corrected the crowding of the front teeth.

Before

The lady in the photo had lost a central sector of her upper jaw due to periodontitis.

The loss of the tooth had also led to significant bone loss in the area.

All-ceramic bridge in a periodontal patient

Questions

What are dental crowns?
Crowns are small restorations that are placed on a tooth after it has been prepared in all dimensions.

They are used on both anterior and posterior teeth and are indicated when a tooth has significant loss of tooth structure.
I don't want to have my tooth ground down for a crown. Is there an alternative?
If your tooth already has an old crown, we can only replace it with a new one.

If your tooth is mostly intact and is in the front of your mouth, we can correct the colour or shape with a porcelain veneer.

If it is in the back of the mouth and there are the right indications, we can make an onlay.
What are dental bridges?
Bridges are used to replace one or more missing teeth.

They are supported by the teeth next to the gap and require the teeth that support them to be reduced in size to make room for them.
What determines the longevity of crowns over time?
Their durability over time depends on the correct preparation of the tooth, their fitting to the tooth and the quality of manufacturing .

To achieve all this, very careful work of the dentist, detailed impression of the tooth and proper technical support of the dental laboratory are required.

At the same time, longevity also depends on the oral hygiene you practice.

Oral hygiene is more demanding with bridges.
What is a Maryland bridge?
Maryland bridges are used in the front area of the mouth, to replace a missing tooth.

They serve:
- as a temporary solution before dental implants;
- in young patients who are waiting for adulthood to replace missing teeth;
- in patients with periodontal disease who have lost a front tooth and have no bone to support a dental implant.
They are metal or ceramic bridges with “wings” that are bonded to the palatal side of the supporting teeth and do not require any preparation of your natural teeth.
Is there anything new about the crowns made today?
In recent years we have been using digital impressions for the construction of crowns and bridges.

This enables us to produce highly accurate work.

At the same time, the modern strong ceramic materials that we have at our disposal, provide better aesthetic results in the prosthesis we deliver.
How can I avoid bridges?
75% of bridges stay in the mouth for about 10 years.

They usually fail because one or more teeth have been destroyed.

This is why dental implants have become increasingly popular in recent years as an alternative to tooth loss.

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