Dental Bridges

Your dentist at Pastel Dental begins the process of fitting dental bridges by preparing your adjoining teeth for crowns. These teeth are known as abutment teeth. They require reshaping to ensure the crowns fit correctly, which involves your dentist removing areas of enamel and dentin (the top two layers of your teeth). Next, your dentist makes impressions of the abutment teeth that go to a dental laboratory where they make your bridge. In the meantime, your dentist fits a temporary bridge to protect your abutment teeth. You return to Pastel Dental when your bridge is ready. Your dentist extracts the temporary bridge and replaces it with the permanent one, adjusting the fit if required. When the bridge fits perfectly, your dentist can secure it using dental cement.