Dental Bridge Research Paper

If you have had a tooth extracted from your mouth, and you have a gap where the missing tooth was located, one way you can fill in that gap is with a dental bridge. There are three primary types of dental bridges that your dentist may use to fill in that gap. The type of dental bridge that your dentist uses depends upon your unique situation. Here is a brief rundown of the three primary types of dental bridge options that your dentist may discuss with you.

Traditional Bridge

The type of bridge that your dentist is most likely to discuss with you is the traditional bridge. With a traditional bridge, the missing tooth in your mouth will be filled in with a fake tooth. In order to keep that tooth in place, a structure or bridge has to be created. …show more content…
This replacement tooth will be fused to the crowns on either side of the gap. It will be fused together with either a ceramic or metal material.

Cantilever Bridge

If there is only a tooth on one side next to your missing tooth where you now have a gap, your dentist will most likely discuss with you the option of getting a cantilever bridge installed.

With a cantilever bridge, the bridge is creating using the two teeth that are in front of the gap or missing tooth. Instead of filing down the teeth on either side of your gap, your dentist will file down the tooth right next to your gap, as well as the tooth next to the one that they just filed down.

After they file down both of those teeth, they will create two crowns that will be right next to each other. From there, they will fuse the replacement tooth to the two crowns that are abutting one another.

Your dentist has to use two teeth in order to create a structure that will be strong enough to last and that will keep your replacement tooth in place.

Maryland Bridge

If you are missing a front tooth, your dentist will most likely discuss the option of a Maryland bridge with