Restorative Dentistry
Crowns & Bridges
Full-coverage restorations for broken teeth, and fixed replacements for missing ones.
A crown caps a tooth that has lost too much structure to hold a filling — after a fracture, a large old restoration or a root canal. A bridge uses the teeth either side of a gap to carry a replacement tooth across it.
Both start with a digital scan rather than a tray of impression material, and both are designed against your existing bite. Modern ceramics let us make a crown that is strong enough for a molar and still translucent enough for a front tooth.
A bridge is a fixed, permanent solution that does not come out, but it does rely on preparing the neighbouring teeth. Where those teeth are healthy and untouched, an implant is often the better long-term answer, and we will say so.
Ready to book crowns & bridges? Call us and we will find you a time, and tell you what your plan covers before anything starts.
Step by step
What to expect
Scan
Digital impressions of the tooth, the neighbours and your bite.
Prepare
The tooth is shaped for the restoration and a temporary fitted.
Build
Designed and milled to your bite, shade-matched to the teeth beside it.
Cement
Fit, bite check, adjustment and final cementation.
Common questions
Crowns & Bridges
How long do crowns last?
Commonly ten to fifteen years and often much longer. What usually fails is not the crown but decay at its margin — which is a hygiene question, not a materials one.
Crown, bridge or implant?
A crown restores a tooth you still have. For a missing tooth, a bridge is faster but involves the neighbouring teeth; an implant leaves them alone and typically lasts longer. We will lay out both.
Will it look like a crown?
On a front tooth, a well-made ceramic crown is very hard to pick out. We match shade and translucency to the tooth beside it.
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Ask us about crowns & bridges
Call the clinic or send a note and we will talk it through — no obligation, and a written estimate before anything begins.