Dental Crowns and Bridges

Crowns and Bridges: Restoring Strength
and Beauty to Your Smile

At The Center for Restorative & Cosmetic Dentistry in Newport Beach, we understand the importance of a healthy, complete smile. Crowns and bridges are two of the most effective and time-tested solutions for restoring missing or damaged teeth, ensuring your smile looks and feels its best.

What Are Crowns and Bridges?

Crowns: Also known as caps, crowns are custom-made restorations that cover and protect a damaged tooth. They are designed to restore the tooth’s shape, size, strength, and appearance, blending seamlessly with your natural teeth.
Bridges: A bridge replaces one or more missing teeth by anchoring to the surrounding teeth or dental implants. The artificial teeth (pontics) fill the gap, restoring function, aesthetics, and stability to your smile.

Dental Crown Placement Process

When Are Crowns and Bridges Needed?

Crowns are ideal for

Bridges are ideal for

The Benefits of Crowns and Bridges

Durable and Long-Lasting: Made from high-quality materials like porcelain, ceramic, or metal, these restorations are designed to withstand daily use.
Natural Appearance: Crafted to match your teeth perfectly, crowns and bridges blend seamlessly into your smile.
Improved Functionality: Enjoy eating, speaking, and smiling with confidence again.
Preserved Oral Health: Bridges help maintain the alignment of your teeth and prevent future dental complications.

Having broken or missing teeth affects not only your appearance but also your ability to chew food and speak properly. With a dental crown, you will be able to save, protect and strengthen a damaged tooth

Porcelain bridges

Our office in Newport Beach offers three general types of bridges:

Traditional bridge – the most common type of bridge that requires placing a crown for the tooth or implant on both sides of the missing tooth (teeth), with false teeth in between. The materials used might be either ceramic or porcelain combined with metal.
Cantilever bridge is a type of bridge that usually consists of two false teeth attached to adjacent teeth only on one side, when there are no teeth on the other side.
Maryland bonded bridges are the least expensive kind that is made of false teeth and gums made of porcelain?and attached to a metal frame. It is held in place with the help of metal wings on either side of the bridge.