Restore Your Smile with Dental Crowns and Bridges

Quick summary

Even one missing tooth lets the surrounding teeth shift, which changes your bite and can make speaking and chewing harder. Crowns restore a tooth where a filling is no longer sufficient, including repairing old broken-down fillings, replacing ageing metal crowns and protecting a tooth after root canal treatment. Bridges fill the space left by missing teeth and can be supported by natural teeth or by dental implants.

Dental crowns and bridges were originally made to fix terribly damaged or missing teeth. No matter how your teeth have been damaged, crown and bridge restorations can help to restore your beautiful smile.

Even one missing tooth can cause surrounding teeth to shift and create a crooked smile. Missing and broken teeth can also cause problems speaking and chewing. One of the best options for restoring function and improving the aesthetics of your smile are dental crowns and bridges.

Crowns are placed over a tooth to help restore form and function when a traditional filling is not sufficient to do the job. A bridge works to replace missing teeth. There are several options for the type of bridge that is placed, depending on your specific situation. Crowns and bridges can be made of natural looking tooth-coloured material, metal, or some of both.

Crowns improve the look of your smile, improve the function of your teeth, and help restore your overall oral health. A crown can be used to repair and protect a tooth with old, broken-down fillings as well as to replace older, metal crowns. Crowns are also used to protect the existing tooth structure following root canal treatment.

Bridges are used to fill the space of missing teeth, to keep the remaining teeth from shifting and causing changes in the jaw and facial structure. Bridges are also used as an alternative to removable dentures. Bridges can be supported by either natural teeth or dental implants, and improve both the look and function of your smile.

If you are suffering from missing or damaged teeth, consult with your dental professional to find out more about how crowns and bridges can improve both the beauty and function of your smile.

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Questions patients ask us about this

What are crowns and bridges made from?

They can be made of tooth-coloured material, metal, or a combination of the two. Which is appropriate depends on where the tooth sits in your mouth, how much force it takes when you chew, and how visible it is when you smile. That choice is worth discussing rather than leaving to assumption.

Can a bridge be supported by implants?

Yes. A bridge can be carried by natural teeth or by dental implants. Implant support avoids trimming healthy neighbouring teeth, so it is often raised where those teeth are sound. Which route suits you depends on the bone available and on your general health, both of which are assessed first.

Is this an alternative to a removable denture?

It can be. A fixed bridge stays in the mouth rather than coming out for cleaning, which some people much prefer. Whether it is the better option depends on how many teeth are missing and where. Our Kogarah team includes a dental prosthetist, so both options are worth raising at your appointment.

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Village Dental Kogarah is at Shop 5/23-26 Station St, Kogarah NSW 2217. Eight clinicians work across our two Sydney practices, including a dental prosthetist — meet the team. We look after patients from Kogarah, Kogarah Bay, Rockdale, Bexley, Bexley North, Carlton, Allawah, Banksia, Monterey and Sans Souci. If you would like to talk it through, call (02) 9281 0007 or book a time online.

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A note on this articleThis is general information written for patients, not dental advice for your own mouth. Teeth, gums and medical histories differ, and so does what suits them, so please have a dentist examine you before deciding on any treatment. If something in your mouth is painful, bleeding or has been knocked out, ring us on (02) 9281 0007 rather than waiting.