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Dental Bridge And It ' s Benefits

• Dental bridges are tooth look-alikes made of artificial materials designed as substitutes for the missing teeth of patients; it is designed in such a way that they look really identical with other teeth. Fitting them into gaps require that they get some form of support from the adjoining teeth that mark the bounds of the gap. A lot of meticulous surgical due diligence goes into designing a dental bridge for a gap in the teeth as all gaps are not of the same length; more so, they could be located in various positions of the tooth arc; these critically are the factors that determine the type dental bridge that would be suitable for covering gaps in the teeth. Making a dental bridge designed just to fit into the gaping holes of a patient’ s teeth can take quite some time so in the interim, the dentist often provides a temporary bridge for patients.