Dental Bridges
Living with tooth loss can be challenging because a gap in your smile can make eating comfortably and speaking clearly difficult.
A dental bridge from Drs. Michael Sharp and Aoua Coulibaly can renew the comfort, form, and function of your smile.
At Sharp Smile Center, serving Portage, MI, we can replace missing teeth and restore your oral health with a custom dental bridge.
Benefits of a Dental Bridge
There are many causes of tooth loss, from physical trauma and dental decay to gum disease. At Sharp Smile Center, our caring doctors can restore the smiles of patients in the communities of Kalamazoo and Portage, MI, with a custom-crafted dental bridge. Addressing missing teeth with a bridge offers a number of benefits, including:
A flexible tooth loss solution, a dental bridge can replace up to four consecutive teeth. Bridges support your oral health by preventing surrounding teeth from shifting, which in turn improves the appearance of your smile and the function of your bite.
The materials used to create a dental bridge are incredibly strong. Engineered to withstand normal biting forces, with proper care and regular checkups with our dentists, a bridge reliably replaces messing teeth for a decade or longer.
We use the latest advancements in modern dentistry to ensure our patients can enjoy the best possible results. This allows our dental lab to create a dental bridge that is painstakingly color-matched to blend with the surrounding teeth in your smile.
Hear from Our Patients 5-Star Reviews
Paul Hamilton
2019
Greatest Dental Team on the planet, I am an anxious Dental Patient but with their strong desire to make me comfortable, I am in the middle of full implants with great hopes for the future. Thanks Dr. Mike and crew!!!
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2021
Every time I visit, the staff is very professional and courteous. They are very personable and make you feel very comfortable. Bre is a very gentle hygienist. It's never a dreaded moment to go to the dentist.
View on GoogleTypes of Dental Bridges
To best support the individual needs and goals of our patients, we offer both traditional dental bridges and bridges supported by dental implants.
Traditional Bridges
A traditional dental bridge is an artificial tooth, also known as a pontic. The pontic piece is made of artificial teeth and it bridges the gap left by missing teeth. Whether you are replacing a single tooth or a number of consecutive teeth, a traditional bridge requires reshaping the teeth on either side of the gap in your smile. This provides room for the dental crowns that are placed on these adjacent teeth to hold the bridge in place.
Implant-Supported Bridges
A dental bridge or partial denture supported by dental implants is the next best thing to natural teeth. This is because dental implants are placed directly in your jawbone for unmatched stability. Dental implants are also the only treatment proven to stop the bone loss associated with tooth loss. We can perform every step of implant treatment in-house including any preparatory treatments needed to restore a patient's candidacy.
