Full-porcelain Dental Bridge

1. Full-porcelain dental bridge:

Dental bridges help restore one or more missing teeth by creating a bridge between the two teeth next to the missing tooth area. 

For full-porcelain dental bridges, both the inner and the outer are made of porcelain processed at high temperatures.

Full-porcelain dental bridges have high aesthetics

2. Indication

• Loss of one or more teeth with enough healthy real teeth in the two side of the missing tooth to make pillars.

•  If there are not enough strong real teeth for pillars or the remaining real teeth have periodontal disease, there is no indication for a bridge.

3. Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages:

• High aesthetics: Full-porcelain dental bridges can perfectly reproduce the color and shape of real teeth.
• Good chewing function: Full-porcelain crowns are processed at very high temperatures, so they are as durable as real teeth.
• Time saving: The performance time of 3 appointments lasts 3-5 days.

Disadvantages:

• High cost: The price will vary from 3,000,000 to 7,000,000 VND per unit depending on the type of porcelain you choose.

• Real teeth grinding: To place porcelain crown, the grinding of teeth is necessary to make pillars for the denture.

4. The process

1st appointment:

• Examine and assess the damage.
• Take X-ray film to check the damage around the tooth root (if any)
•  Carry root canal treatment (for teeth that are damaged to the pulp causing pain and swelling around the tooth) or filling to restore crown (for teeth with only external damage)

• Grind the teeth so that the dentures can be placed on

• Use special silicone used in dentistry to take impressions of teeth, send to the laboratory to make dentures.

Grind teeth

2nd appointment:

• Test the frame to ensure a tight fit to the teeth
• Mark the positions that are not close enough, then take impression again to proceed with editing.

3rd appointment:

• Teeth final test, request for changes in color or shape (if any).

• Permanently attach the restoration after you are satisfied with cement

Final restoration with perfect fit

5. Cost

3,000,000-7,000,000VND per unit depending on the porcelain you choose.