Treatment for Damaged or Missing Teeth
Damaged, decayed, or missing teeth can make it difficult to live a confident and functional life. When a tooth breaks or has extensive functional issues, we recommend repairing it with a dental crown. Similarly, if you lose a tooth or need one extracted, a dental bridge can fill in this gap while also restoring dental function. Each of these restorations requires that your cosmetic dentist understand the relationship between your teeth and smile’s symmetry as well as the aesthetics of your gum line. The goal of our treatment is to provide aesthetic, reliable restorations that resemble healthy natural teeth as closely as possible.
With extensive training and over 40 years of combined experience in restorative dentistry, our team knows what it takes to provide quality and long-lasting dental crowns and bridges. Additionally, through our longstanding partnership with high-quality dental labs, we can efficiently provide custom porcelain restorations designed with great precision and skill, for each tooth that needs repair or replacement. We’ll help you achieve your smile goals with dental bridges and/or dental crowns in Cliffside Park, NJ, and help you feel confident and attractive once again!
Repair Damaged Teeth
Dental crowns fit over your tooth like a cap. They restore the most ideal size and shape to your tooth, as well as its natural function and aesthetics. For teeth that are badly chipped, cracked, worn down, or discolored, dental crowns are generally the best option. Similarly, a tooth needing extensive fillings, has had a root canal, or has previous restorative treatment that’s failing can benefit from dental crowns. For treatment with dental implants, a dental crown is the restorative part of this option that attaches to the implant post in your bone. The advantages of choosing dental crowns include:
- Restores natural tooth shape and size
- Strengthens damaged or treated tooth
- Covers over a discolored tooth
- Protects weak or cracked tooth
Replace Missing Teeth
Dental bridges replace one or more missing teeth. A dental bridge is made up of a single series of dental crowns. Because it’s custom-made from porcelain material, dental bridges are highly effective for restoring dental function and aesthetics after a tooth is lost or extracted. Dental bridges can be attached with dental implants, but if a patient is not a suitable candidate for implants, bridges are a good alternative. Dental bridges are cemented to adjacent teeth, so they must be both healthy and able to be filed down. The benefits of bridges include:
- Replace one or more missing teeth
- Restore aesthetics after tooth loss
- Improve dental function
- Keep adjacent teeth from shifting
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