As we live out our lives, and we age and grow older, parts of the body start wearing out such as your knee's for some, from abuse, and wear and tear. Teeth are the same, and they need to be taken care of in order to last a life time. For many, molars start to crack from the enormous pressure they are exposed to on a daily basis when simply chewing food. But other factors as such drinking fruit juice, soda pop like Mountain Dew, and eating lots of sugary sweets will create acids that will attack the teeth, and even burn a small hole through them. They become weak and one day when chewing food or gum, a corner of your tooth will just snap off. That's when it's time to get a crown put on. Several crowns will get you by a long time, perhaps 20 to 50 years, but it is inevitable, that the underlying tooths structure will crack, requiring that the tooth be pulled.

If one tooth goes, there's a good chance that the surrounding teeth are ready to go as well.  When 2 or 3 teeth wear out, or crack, a bridge is used to repair the damage.  But when 2 teeth in a row needs to be removed, then we turn to the dental implant retained bridge.

The concept of the dental implant retained bridge is quite simple, and easy for HLD Dental Implant Center to perform. We will install a dental implant system to replace the missing tooth on the outside of the group, and then trim the other outside tooth to accept a crown. The implant and the other tooth will act as post, to hold a group of crowns that are attached like a bridge in place. Once again, your back in business, and can continue to chew food as usual. But lay off the fruit juice to keep the rest of the teeth intact..

Let's take a quick look at the implant retained bridge, and how it is installed, so you better understand the procedure. Then if you feel good with it, you can call our office at 714-846-4414 and get one setup for you.

This is an actual Implant Retained Bridge made by Nobel Biocare. It has been color matched to the patients surrounding teeth, and will look completely natural when installed.

Notice how the teeth are connected to one another, this construction technique is referred to as a bridge. The two outside teeth will be secured by an abutment, while the two inside teeth will merely float in the center.

This is an alternative to getting four separate Jaw Anchors and Abutments, and four separate crowns that attach, and is completely strong and stable. The difference in price is about half the cost of four individual implants.

These incisor bridges can differ in the amount of teeth that are bridged, but the minimum is 3 teeth, and can go out to 6 teeth if conditions are right.

The image above is a molar bridge made by Nobel Biocare, and represents the Procera Crown line. It is constructed of Nobel Biocare's Ceramic, which is the same as Zirconia.

These are much whiter than the ones on the left, because the patient does not smoke or consume coffee and tea. But is you look close, you'll see yellow staining in the top within the cavities. This has been added by the lab so that it matches the surrounding teeth, so that the blend in after installation.

Once again, the three teeth are connected together, forming a bridge that will be support by 2 abutments. One abutment can be titanium jaw anchor and abutment, and the other can be a natural tooth, or 2 titanium abutments on both sides. Either case, this implant retained bridge is a fine sound solution that will restore your eating functionality.