Support multiple teeth on one or more dental implants.
One of the advantages of implant-supported bridges is that they offer increased strength and stability that regular bridgework simply cannot offer.
Are you looking to replace regular bridgework as your oral health has deteriorated? Or perhaps you’re searching for an alternative yet cost-effective way to replace missing teeth?
If that’s the case, implant-supported bridges should be on your list of treatments to explore.
Here at Mint Dental Clinic in Elephant & Castle, we’re pleased to offer implant bridges that offer patients a long-term, affordable solution to multiple tooth loss.
How we combine dental implants with dental bridges, plus learn how they work and how they compare.
What’s involved in the implant-supported bridges process? And how soon can you have new teeth?
The cost of dental implant bridges can start from £3,250 and is available on 0% finance.
See for yourself how natural dental implants look when replacing missing teeth.
Implant-supported bridges are often prescribed to replace multiple missing teeth in a row.
One benefit of choosing an implant-integrated system like implant-supported bridges is that they provide a solid infrastructure for long-term replacement teeth to sit. Unlike regular bridgework, there is no need to cause damage to otherwise healthy teeth by filing them down to fit a crown on top to anchor the bridge.
As implant-supported bridges are supported by dental implants and not real, natural teeth, there is no need to impact otherwise healthy teeth.
By choosing Mint Dental for this implant-based system, patients can benefit from specialists who utilise advanced digital technology to plan the implant location and angulation before surgery.
For patients, this helps them to achieve the best functional and natural-looking final result.
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Dental implant bridges can bring down the cost of your treatment because fewer implants are placed, unlike individual tooth implant placement. The final restoration uses a bridge (a cheaper repair than implant-supported crowns), so the cost is brought down even more.
Cost should be a factor when replacing missing teeth, but it should not always conclude your decision.
Dental bridges and dentures (partial or full) have traditionally been the standard go-to for teeth replacement.
And whilst they are often successful at closing gaps in the mouth, they are not always the best recommendation to promote strong oral health in the future.
For example, dentures encourage bone loss in the jaw, as it only masks the problem of missing teeth rather than solve the issue as dental implants do.
On top of this, bridgework has been known to encourage bone loss and decay of neighbouring teeth.
They also require the neighbouring teeth, which are otherwise healthy, to have crowns placed on top, which will lead to failure of these in the future.
As restorative dentists, we encourage our patients to decide based on dental advice following a consultation. However, it never hurts to have all the information on the two tooth replacement methods and how they compare against each other.
Other traditional tooth replacement methods are widely used, like dental bridges and dentures. However, as professionals, we know truthfully that they only worsen the oral condition over time and are primarily superficial repairs.
No other prosthesis or replacement solution will be as durable or provide a natural, predictable fix. So, combining implants with your missing teeth restoration, like implant-supported dentures, will improve your dentition, oral health, eating, bite, and speech functions.
Dental implant surgery involves placing artificial tooth roots (small titanium screws) into the jawbone.
Once the implants have been placed, we must allow for a minimum period of healing called osseointegration, which typically takes three months.
The process of osseointegration cannot be rushed or skipped. It’s the essential part of the procedure that allows the bone to fuse with the dental implant.
However, don’t worry; during this healing period, we will provide you with a temporary set of teeth that can be worn over the implant site while we wait for it to be strong enough to hold the bridgework.
Once the implant has healed, you’ll be invited back into the studio to uncover the implant and attach the necessary abutments.
Reach out to us now and our team will come straight back to you with all the information you need to consider a consultation.
With so many options, types, technology, methods and prices, it can be a lot to take in, let alone decide which procedure will complement your condition.
That’s why you should seek out our implant dentists, who will be able to explain things to you in a much clearer and more understandable way.
Visit our practice in Elephant & Castle, London, or call us to find out the next best step for you – with us, there’s no pressure to commit to surgery.
Instead, we’ll assess your oral state and take it step by step.
Clinical spec: After a failed dental bridge, this patient was left with a large gap, which affected her smile and function. Dental implants were used to restore both.
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