Dental Bridges at BIDC Thailand Dental Hospital

Dental bridges are composed of at least 2 crown units used to replace missing gaps in teeth. Dental bridges are supported by natural teeth or by dental implants. A bridge is supported by anchoring teeth called abutment teeth and false tooth/teeth that replaces the missing gap called pontic teeth.

Dental bridges can be made of porcelain, metal (a gold and/or other metal alloy), or a combination of both.

Advantages of Dental Bridges

dental bridges can restore your smile
dental bridges restore your ability to properly chew and speak by replacing missing gap in teeth
dental bridges prevent surrouding teeth to missing gap from drifting out of position
dental bridges helps distribute the biting forces in your bite properly

Types of Dental Bridges

Traditional bridges involve creating a crown for the tooth or implant on either side of the missing tooth, with a pontic in between. Traditional bridges are the most common type of bridge and are made of either porcelain fused to metal or ceramics.

Maryland bridges, are also commonly called called a resin-bonded bridge or a Maryland bonded bridge, are normally made of plastic teeth and gums supported by a metal framework. Metal wings on each side of the bridge are bonded to existing teeth.

Cantilever bridges are used when there are adjacent teeth on only one side of the missing tooth or teeth. Cantilever bridges are not as commonly done due to loading pressure on existing supporting abutment tooth. For instances whereby there is missing gaps without 2 adjacent supporting abutment teeth, dental implants or partial dentures are alternative recommended treatment options in replacing missing gaps.

Standard Bridge	Maryland Bridge	Cantielver Bridge

Bridge of 3 unit crowns replacing 1 missing gap	Maryland bonded bridge with metal wings in replacing 1 missing gap	Cantilever bridge with 3 crown units replacing 2 missing gaps

There are several types of dental crown materials that may be used to make dental bridges:

BIDC Thailand Dental Hospital Dental Laboratories

At BIDC Cosmetic Dental Center, BIDC has its own dedicated in-house dental laboratories within its 7 storey dental building in ensuring quality checks and standards. This also enables immeidate chairside shade selection and adjustments as well as faster logistics and turnaround timings for more effective treatment scheudling. One dental laboratory specailizes in ceramic esthetic labworks. A second dental laboratory specailizes in dental proshetics (crown, bridge and dentures) over dental implants.

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