Missing teeth

People loose teeth for a number of reasons, from injury to tooth decay. Missing teeth affect the health of your teeth and gums by allowing bacteria and plaque to build up in the crevices where the tooth was, can damage your 'bite' and cause jaw pain and can also damage the appearance of your smile. Replacing missing teeth is an advanced form of dentistry and dentists have a range of cosmetic and reconstructive treatment methods available to fill gaps in teeth.

Replacing missing teeth

The only solution to replace missing teeth was plastic dentures or 'false teeth.' Advances in dentistry science have provided dentists with a range of natural looking solutions to replace missing teeth with replicas that have the functionality and appearance of natural teeth.   

Dental Implants

Dental implants replicate the functionality of a tooth root. Dentists attach a prosthetic tooth restoration in the form of a dental crown, bridge or denture to the implant and the resulting false tooth works as and look like a natural tooth.

Dental bridges

Dental bridges are a combination dental treatment of two crowns attached to a false prosthetic tooth. There are varying types of dental bridge that can be used to ensure the tooth restoration is as strong as a natural tooth.

Dentures

Dentures are custom made removable prosthetics that function as natural teeth. There are many different types of dentures for patients to choose from to give the aesthetics they desire.

Related guides

• Tooth Decay
• Missing teeth
• Chipped/ broken teeth
• Dental Abscesses
• Stained teeth
• Jaw pain

Other guides

• Dental Hygiene
• Gum disease
• Childrens' Dentistry
• Teeth whitening
• Reconstructive dentistry
• Orthodontics
• Dental Implants
• Dental Crowns
• Cosmetic Dentistry
• Dental Veneers
• Dental Treatment in Mexico

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