Dental Bridges at Roe Street Dental Practice, Macclesfield, Cheshire

Dental bridges are a fixed solution to replace a single or multiple missing teeth.

There are three categories of bridges;

1. Conventional bridges
2. Metal winged Maryland bridges
3. Ceramic winged Maryland bridges

Bridges are attached to a natural tooth (known as the abutment) and are fixed into place.

The main advantages of bridges are;

• Fixed solution
• Good cosmetic result
• Feel natural
• Less costly than implants

The main disadvantages are;

• May require some grinding of the adutment tooth, or teeth 
• Rely on the integrity and strenght of the abutment tooth, or teeth
• If a large gap is present, they may not be possible