Dental Bridges

We're not your typical dental office. We'll spend two hours hand-perfecting every restoration so it meets our high standards. We use state-of-the-art devices, such as CEREC® technology and 3-D cone beam scanners, to design dental bridges that look and function like your natural teeth. In many cases, we can send you home with a beautiful porcelain bridge the very same day.

Smile Designer of Leesburg

The traditional dental bridge consists of two crowns with artificial teeth (pontics) positioned between them. The bridge is held in place by your natural teeth (called "abutment teeth" in this case) on either side of the gap. These teeth will be reshaped to accept the crowns. Once in position, the artificial teeth (pontics) will fill the gap in your smile.  

Traditional dental bridges are a quick way to replace a missing tooth, but Smile Designer of Leesburg makes the process nearly immediate. While many practices take two weeks to place a dental bridge, we can often do it in one day using our state-of-the-art CEREC technology, which allows us to design and create your bridge while you wait.

Unlike traditional dental bridges that require support from other teeth, an implant-supported bridge stands on its own. It is supported by dental implants, which are titanium devices inserted into the jawbone to replace lost tooth roots. Implants not only provide excellent support, but also stimulate your jawbone in a way that prevents the bone recession that follows tooth loss.

If you are missing one tooth, a single dental implant will be used to support a dental crown. If you are missing several teeth in a row, then two implants will be used to support the bridge at either end. Because implant-supported bridges are self-supporting, they are ideal for replacing unreliable cantilever bridges.