A Dental Bridge with a Conventional Pontic

If a dental bridge is used to replace a missing tooth, an ovate pontic design is ideal.

However, sometimes the site of the missing tooth is sunken in and there isn't enough ridge to create an ovate pontic. In these cases, a surgeon can augment the ridge, or, in the case illustrated below, an expert cosmetic dentist can sometimes make a very beautiful bridge.

Here are before-and-after photos of a dental porcelain bridge by Dr. Stephen Thordarson, a mynewsmile.com referral network cosmetic dentist from Oakville, Ontario, just outside of Toronto. The patient's ridge has sunk in where her front tooth used to be, making an ovate pontic unworkable without surgical ridge augmentation. However, she has a low lip line which doesn't show any of her gum. Using an excellent laboratory, even with a porcelain-fused-to-metal dental bridge, and other porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns, Dr. Thordarson has been able to create a beautiful smile for this patient.

Before (click on the photo for a larger view)	After (click on the photo for a larger view)
Here is a photograph of the old bridge. Her left front tooth (our right) is the false tooth.	Here is a photograph of the beautiful new bridge and new crowns.

Porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns and bridges will develop a dark line where the crown meets the tooth. Notice how Dr. Thordarson has skillfully hidden these margins below the gumline where they can't be seen.

For more information about Dr. Stephen Thordarson of the Toronto, Ontario area, see our Ontario cosmetic dentists page. Click here to visit the web site of his office in Oakville, Ontario, just outside of Toronto.
Dr. Thordarson has an extreme makeover case to posted on our site.
We also have posted some photographs of his tooth bonding work.

Contact information for Dr. Thordarson:

Dr. Stephen Thordarson
    123 Trafalgar Road
    Oakville, Ontario L6J 3G4 Canada (about 20 km from Toronto, Ontario)
    Telephone: 9052-849-0558

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