Information on Dental Crowns and Bridges

Many dental crowns are made from porcelain bonded in layers to a noble metal or Zirconia base. The combination with noble metal gives the crown a great deal of strength and stability but can result in a crowned tooth that appears duller than adjacent natural teeth due to a lack of light refraction in the metal base of the crown. Zirconia bases is more expensive as it is metal free but provides more translucent color.

In cases where a patient has a missing tooth between two healthy teeth, our dentist can trim down the teeth surrounding the missing one, take a mold (impression) of the three-tooth area, and then have a dental laboratory construct a bridge out of porcelain and gold.

The bridge is then fitted over the surrounding teeth and cemented into place, replacing the missing one. Bridges generally result in teeth that look very natural and most patients report that bridges feel like their own teeth.