Whether a tooth has been lost due to accident, gum disease or dental extraction, it is one of the surest ways to detract from the beauty of your smile.
Thankfully, using modern dental techniques and top quality materials, The Dentist at Burwood can give you back a winning smile with a solution for missing teeth to suit every patient’s individual needs.
Single Missing Tooth Solutions | Implants, Bridges and Dentures
Tooth Implants
When a single tooth is either missing or too damaged to save, the best fixed solution is a tooth implant permanently installed by the professional dental team at The Dentist at Burwood.
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Bridges
While bridges usually sacrifice the health of the teeth neighbouring the missing tooth due to the nature of installing a bridge, the result is a perfect replacement of the neighbouring or missing tooth and a solution that (with proper care) should last for years and may be a good solution based on your individual situation.
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Removable Partial Dentures
Dentures are not a permanent or fixed solution for a missing tooth, but may be the best option based on your individual needs after a consultation with one of our expert dentists.
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Multiple Missing Teeth
Bridge and Implant Solutions
For multiple adjacent missing teeth, a permanent solution can be achieved with a combination of dental implants, a fixed bridge or individual crowns ancored to those implants.
If the gap or number of missing teeth is not too great then a bridge anchored to the patients own neighbouring teeth is an available option. These solutions not only restore your smile but also works and feels just like your own teeth.
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Dentures
Due to their impermanent nature and the fact that they can sometimes be uncomfortable and hard to use, dentures are not usually our most recommended solution for multiple missing teeth. With that said, based on your individual needs, dentures may be a viable solution for a smile with missing teeth.
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All Missing Teeth
Dental Implant and Bridge Solutions
Even if all of your teeth are missing from an upper or lower jaw, The Dentist at Burwood can give you back a permanent, perfect smile with modern dentistry techniques including dental implants and a fixed bridge anchored to those implants.
Implants and fixed bridges are a permanent and fixed solution and work and feel just like your own teeth.
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Dentures
Full dentures are a reasonable option but most people consider them a compromise dictated to them mostly by economic factors. Lower full dentures in particular move alot and quite often end up being too problematic.
Using only two dental implants, a full denture can be made quite stable in the mouth during chewing which adds incredibly to their function and enjoyment.
While dentures are not usually the most recommended solution for replacing a complete set of missing teeth, they may be a viable solution based on your individual needs.
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