Dental Bridge, also known as a fixed partial denture is a dental restoration used to replace missing teeth, or teeth adjacent to the join permanent dental implants.

There are several types of bridges, depending on how they are constructed and how they are anchored to neighboring teeth. Conventional, the bridges using the indirect method of recovery, however, they can be applied directly in the mouth with the use of composite materials resin.If you missing any teeth, and is committed to maintaining good oral hygiene practices, you are a suitable candidate for the bridge. This solution is the most natural choice for the space left in the mouth, missing teeth to fill. If left blank the space around the teeth can drift from the position and could lead to teeth and gums more susceptible to tooth decay and gum disease and these can cause tooth loss.

Bridge is made by reducing the teeth on one side of the missing tooth or teeth preparation of the model determines the location of the teeth and the material from which the bridge is made. In other words, the tooth structure is reduced to the material to adapt, which is used to the original size and shape of the teeth, proper alignment and restore contact with the opposing teeth.


The materials used for bridges include gold, porcelain fused to metal, or in the correct position, porcelain itself. The amount and nature of the reduction made teeth varies slightly depending on the materials used. The recipient of such a bridge must be carefully cleaned and based on the prosthesis.

When restoring an edentulous space with fixed partial dentures that the crown of the tooth next to the space and the gap with the Pontic or "false teeth" is just a restoration of the bridge. In addition, all previous information, it is a single-unit crowns, bridges, several other considerations when it comes to case selection and treatment planning, tooth preparation and restoration of production