Tooth loss can make you feel uncomfortable, as it impacts your ability to eat and speak as well as your appearance. A dental bridge offers a practical solution to resolving tooth loss issues. At Vital Dental, we offer various options for bridge treatment to meet your unique restorative dental needs. You can learn more about bridge treatment from Dr. Mitul Patel at our Sarasota, Florida dental clinic.
Long-term tooth loss can impact oral health, general health, and overall lifestyle. The sooner you replace missing teeth, the sooner your life can return to normal. Here are six reasons to consider restoring your smile with a bridge:
Restores Your Ability to Chew Food When it comes to chewing, your teeth work best as a team. Multiple tooth loss disrupts that teamwork effort, making it harder or uncomfortable to chew your food. A dental bridge will restore your smile in its entirety, distributing chewing forces evenly among all your teeth. With better chewing power, you can eat what you like and digest your food easily to get all its nutritional value.
Restores Clarity of Speech Tooth loss can impact how you speak, as your teeth help produce certain sounds and pronounce words clearly. Dr. Patel can restore your clarity of speech with a dental bridge. Completing your smile with a bridge eliminates speech impediments, so you can communicate easily with everyone you meet.
Improves Your Appearance A dental bridge will complete your smile naturally to improve your overall appearance. You’ll look younger, feel better about yourself, smile more often, and have greater confidence to live life to the fullest.
Keeps Your Smile in Alignment Tooth loss often leads to your remaining teeth shifting out of their normal position to fill the gaps left by the teeth you lost. Dental drift can ruin the alignment of your smile and lead to additional tooth loss in the future. A fixed dental bridge will keep your natural teeth straight and even preserve the alignment of your smile.
Maintains Facial Shape and Structure Your teeth help support your facial features to keep them from sagging. A dental bridge gives you a full set of teeth to keep your face’s natural shape and structure intact, allowing you to maintain a younger-looking appearance.
Quicker Process Than Implants Getting a bridge is easier and quicker than getting implants, as it doesn’t involve surgery or a long recovery period. Your treatment is also painless, as Dr. Patel will use local anesthesia to keep you comfortable and relaxed during the procedure. With good oral health, your bridge can last many years, making this investment worthwhile.