Losing a tooth raises a practical question fairly quickly: what, if anything, goes in the gap? Bridge or denture for a missing tooth is the choice most patients face, and neither is universally better. They suit different mouths, and the right answer depends on the...
A bridge restores your smile and your bite, and once it settles in most people forget it is there. The one thing that does need a little learning is how to clean under a dental bridge, because the replacement tooth sits above your gum rather than growing out of it,...
When a tooth is lost from the back of the mouth, where nobody can see it, the temptation to leave the gap alone is entirely reasonable. Not replacing a missing tooth is sometimes a perfectly sensible decision, and I will say so when it is. But it helps to know what...
