fixed bridge

[bainne]

Hi
Im seriously thinking about getting a fixed bridge the teeth that i have missing are 7 9 and 10 i have denture's now that i use while its works its hard to maintain eating and cleaning,
The dentist in my area mentioned a fixed bridge would work at first i thought i'd be getting implants the Dr informed me that im better with bridge's a 2nd Dr said this also

There are a couple of things i dont want to happen to me,
some metals can cause a greyness on the gum,
the ginigival margin is something i want to look as natural as posible i have seen crowns bridges that on the ginigival margin metals that wer used had a bad reaction or grey stains on the gums from the metals used, i dont mind to use any materials just as long the ginigival margin looks normal(NATURAL)
i have heard of many type's of bridge's one of the newest materials is Cercon,
The thing with cercon is that it is a new material wherein there are still a continuing research on how to make it stronger for long span bridges although im not 100% about this,
It's metal free and would not have any stains, its available where i live not sure on weather to go this way or not.
Because 7,9,10 are missing i can do a 6-unit bridge if cercon would not suit
me...
Il like to hear other opinons, my biggest worry is the ginigval margin i think this is where you can be sold on natural or fake teeth ..
Thanks
Bainne

 

[comfortdentist]

if your natural teeth don't already have significant restorations then aviod a bridge. If your decay rate is significant then avoid a bridge. If you smoke a lot and are diabetic then get a bridge.

If you have decent health and don't smoke and plan to live more than 7-10 years then have grafting and implants by someone skilled at those procedures and you will be better off in the long run. It will cost more in time and money in the near term, BUT redoing a 6 unit bridge some years from now is even more expensive.