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Missing teeth can drastically affect your daily routine—hindering your ability to eat, speak , and smile . modern dentistry provides great solutions to fix your smile. At Northlane Dental, we often suggest two popular options to replace missing teeth: dental bridges and dental implants.
Both treatments fill gaps and restore function, but they differ in procedure, durability, price, and suitability. This guide aims to explain the main differences to help you make a smart choice that suits your needs and lifestyle.
What Is a Dental Bridge?
A dental bridges serves as a fixed dental restoration to fill the space left by one or more missing teeth. It involves putting crowns on the healthy teeth next to the gap, with fake teeth hanging between them.
Types of bridges include:
A dental implants is a tiny titanium rod that doctors put into your jawbone to work like a fake tooth root. After it bonds with the bone (a process known as osseointegration), they attach a crown, bridge, or denture on top to fill in for the missing tooth.
Upsides of Dental Implants:
Bridges and implants both work well, but each has its own benefits.
How Long It Takes
The best solution hinges on your dental health wallet, and what you want.
A dental bridge might work better if:
At Northlane Dental, we dedicate time to evaluate your specific dental situation through a complete consultation, including X-rays and oral exams. We'll describe the advantages and drawbacks of each option and guide you to pick the most appropriate and cost-effective solution for your needs.
Our team has expertise in both bridges and implants using top-quality materials and up-to-date techniques to bring back your smile with comfort, function, and natural-looking aesthetics.
Want to Fill That Gap in Your Smile?
A missing tooth can shake your confidence and harm your mouth health. Thinking about a dental bridge or a dental implant? Northlane Dental will help you through each stage of the process.
Schedule your visit now and start your journey to a tougher, healthier, and more self-assured smile.
Both treatments fill gaps and restore function, but they differ in procedure, durability, price, and suitability. This guide aims to explain the main differences to help you make a smart choice that suits your needs and lifestyle.
What Is a Dental Bridge?
A dental bridges serves as a fixed dental restoration to fill the space left by one or more missing teeth. It involves putting crowns on the healthy teeth next to the gap, with fake teeth hanging between them.
Types of bridges include:
- Traditional bridges
- Cantilever bridges
- Maryland bridges
- Implant-supported bridges
- Quicker treatment schedule—often done in 2–3 visits
- No need for surgery
- Less expensive than implants
- Dependable option to replace one or more adjacent missing teeth
- Looks good and works well
- Calls for changes to neighboring healthy teeth
- Might need to be swapped out every 7–10 years
- Doesn't stop bone loss under the missing tooth area
- Not as long-lasting as implants in the grand scheme of things
A dental implants is a tiny titanium rod that doctors put into your jawbone to work like a fake tooth root. After it bonds with the bone (a process known as osseointegration), they attach a crown, bridge, or denture on top to fill in for the missing tooth.
Upsides of Dental Implants:
- Lasts for a long time—15+ years or even longer
- Looks and works just like a real tooth
- Keeps jawbone healthy by encouraging bone growth
- Doesn't harm nearby healthy teeth
- Simple to care for with regular tooth brushing and flossing
- Needs a small surgery and time to heal (a few months)
- Costs more at the start
- Not right for everyone—you need healthy gums and enough bone
- Treatment can take several months to finish
Bridges and implants both work well, but each has its own benefits.
How Long It Takes
- Bridge: Quicker—you can get it done in a few weeks .
- Implant: Takes more time because of healing after surgery a few months.
- Bridge: lasts 7–10 years.
- Implant: Can stick around for 15+ years if you take good care of it.
- Bridge: Doesn't stop bone loss where the tooth is missing.
- Implant: Keeps the jawbone active and stops it from wearing away.
- Bridge: You need to reshape healthy teeth next to it.
- Implant: Works on its own leaving nearby teeth alone.
- Bridge: Costs less at the start.
- Implant: Pricier upfront, but saves money in the long run.
The best solution hinges on your dental health wallet, and what you want.
A dental bridge might work better if:
- You need a quick non-surgical fix
- You've lost teeth next to each other
- You can't get implant surgery because of bone loss or health issues
- You want a cheaper short-term answer
- You're searching for a tooth replacement that lasts long-term or
- You aim to keep your jawbone healthy
- You prefer not to change nearby healthy teeth
- You're ready to spend more for long-lasting function and looks
At Northlane Dental, we dedicate time to evaluate your specific dental situation through a complete consultation, including X-rays and oral exams. We'll describe the advantages and drawbacks of each option and guide you to pick the most appropriate and cost-effective solution for your needs.
Our team has expertise in both bridges and implants using top-quality materials and up-to-date techniques to bring back your smile with comfort, function, and natural-looking aesthetics.
Want to Fill That Gap in Your Smile?
A missing tooth can shake your confidence and harm your mouth health. Thinking about a dental bridge or a dental implant? Northlane Dental will help you through each stage of the process.
Schedule your visit now and start your journey to a tougher, healthier, and more self-assured smile.