A crown is a cap that fits onto the top surface of a broken or damaged tooth. They are commonly used to fix a tooth that has been partially broken, to protect a weak tooth, or cover a tooth implant or root canal. Ideally, a crown is only used to treat tooth conditions that we are unable to repair with other methods.

A bridge, or fixed partial denture, is a replacement for a missing tooth. We will have an artificial tooth made up to fit into the gap in your jaw and anchor it to crowns placed on the teeth either side. If a bridge isn’t fitted into a gap in your teeth, then the teeth either side could shift, resulting in your jaw becoming imbalanced.