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Dental Bridges

Average Time Needed

*2 Days

Anesthesia Type

Local Anesthesia 

Average Session Required

2-4 

Recovery Time

1 to 2 weeks

The Health Benefits of the Dental Bridge Procedure

A dental bridge procedure should be a top consideration if you're looking for an excellent solution for your missing teeth. The spaces in your smile due to missing teeth can, over time, cause jaw deterioration. To avoid this, you should consider the dental bridge procedure. Gaps between your teeth make it difficult to talk, smile, eat or do anything confidently. Dental bridge procedures help patients fill the spaces between their teeth with false teeth that look natural and real. The process involves placing a false tooth in the gap between the teeth and anchoring it with crowns on your teeth. Let's look at some of the health benefits of dental bridge procedures, and maybe you'll decide whether it's something you might want to consider:


It helps you chew better
Chewing food with confidence is difficult, especially if you have missing teeth. Even worse, some people with missing teeth experience pain when chewing food—the pain results from the surrounding teeth shifting toward the gap. Also, food particles can collect in the open space and damage your gums. If you permanently want to eliminate the pain during chewing, you should consider dental bridge treatment.

 

Restore your smile
Everyone wants to have a healthy and beautiful smile. If you have missing teeth and feel conscious about your smile, you can restore it through the dental bridge procedure. You will feel more confident after the procedure.


It enhances your speaking.
Pronouncing certain words can be troubling, especially if you've lost multiple teeth. But you can fix this issue by solving the root cause of tooth loss, making it difficult for you to pronounce certain words easily. Teeth are critical to your speech because they influence how you form words. You can check out
for yourself: By reading aloud, you'll notice that your lips or tongue often come in contact with your teeth. Dental bridge treatment can help solve this issue.


Prevents shifting of surrounding teeth
People with missing teeth have open spaces between the remaining teeth. Over time, the remaining teeth start to tilt toward the open space. But you can address this problem with a dental bridge procedure which involves placing a false tooth in the open space. Additionally, it will help you to prevent further tooth loss.


It helps maintain your natural facial shape.
Your jawbone begins to deteriorate once you lose your teeth. Tooth roots help stimulate the bone cells in your bone. Tooth loss means little to no stimulation of bone cells in the jawbone, leading to deterioration. If it worsens, you'll experience facial collapse, which will affect the natural shape of your face.


Conclusion
Do you have a tooth loss problem affecting your smile and how you speak or chew? The open spaces between your remaining teeth can cause trouble differently, and you need to address it immediately. If you want to restore your smile, chew, and speak better, you should consider the dental bridge procedure.

 

Are you looking for a long-term solution to your tooth loss issues? Medivoyage Plus has got you covered. We’ll connect you to experienced and accomplished doctors who know what it takes to perform the dental bridge procedure.

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