Bridges

A bridge is another alternative to replace a tooth or teeth that have been lost. Typically when one or two teeth are lost and there are teeth on either side of the space a bridge can be placed. Teethon either side of the space would link an artificial tooth together in the middle. The bridge is cemented into the mouth and will remain in place. It usually takes us two visits to complete the process of placing a bridge.

Inlays, Onlays and Crowns 

Inlays/Onlays are lab cured resins or ceramics that are not only stronger for the teeth, but they are more life-like then any other restoration in dentistry today. Your La Jolla cosmetic Dentist can place these restorations by bonding them to the remaining tooth structure after an old filling or a cavity is removed. This allows your La Jolla dentists, to be more conservative while strengthening the tooth at the same time.

Before the age of cosmetic dentistry when a portion of the tooth was lost the only solution was to eliminate the majority of the healthy tooth structure remaining and place a crown. Now onlay/inlayrestorations are being placed in teeth where crowns would have been placed in the past. This allows your San Diego cosmetic dentists to save all the remaining healthy tooth structure that would have previously been lost with placement of a crown.