Just because you’ve lost a tooth or two doesn’t mean they can’t be replaced. Dr. Douglas Chang, DDS, and the experienced staff at Dentaworks Hawaii in Honolulu specialize in helping patients maintain beautiful and healthy smiles, and some of the ways they do so is through dental implants, fixed bridges, or dentures for missing teeth.
Fixed bridges fill the gap of a missing tooth by placing crowns on its companion teeth and adding a false tooth between them. Dentures are removable appliances made up of false teeth. Although both of these options are less expensive than dental implants, they both require more maintenance and don’t last as long as implants. Your natural bone will also deteriorate more quickly because bridges and dentures don’t
Fixed bridges fill the gap of a missing tooth by placing crowns on its companion teeth and adding a false tooth between them. Dentures are removable appliances made up of false teeth. Although both of these options are less expensive than dental implants, they both require more maintenance and don’t last as long as implants. Your natural bone will also deteriorate more quickly because bridges and dentures don’t