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Jan 20 • 1 minute read
A tooth that is badly decayed can pose a variety of threats to your dental health such as affecting your ability to grind up food and causing complications such as pain and infection. If the tooth decay is too severe, our dentist may recommend that the tooth is extracted and replaced with a custom dental bridge.Dental bridges can effectively restore the full appearance and function what were lacking in the decayed tooth. A dental bridge is comprised of one or more false teeth set between two dental crowns, which are anchored to the surrounding natural teeth in the mouth.In order to help your smile accommodate a dental bridge, our dentist will need to form abutments from the two neighboring teeth by removing the enamel layer from these teeth and preserving the inner tooth structures. Then, we will form a detailed impression of this area and any relevant corresponding teeth in your smile before cementing temporary crowns over each abutment as protection. The impression is submitted to a dental lab so that the technicians can use it as a guide to producing the final bridge.Our team will invite you back to Ladera Dentistry for a second visit to receive your final bridge, which is cemented onto the abutments after the temporary crowns are removed.If you have a badly decayed tooth or have experienced tooth loss, we encourage you to call Ladera Dentistry at 949-347-7083 today and schedule an appointment with Dr. Mai X. Ly to discuss receiving a dental bridge in Ladera Ranch, California.
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"The office is super clean, modern, and I adore the paper flowers decorations on the wall. I highly recommend her for any of your dental needs!"
"Dr. Mai Ly is the best dentist ever! I am always scare to go to the dentist because of the pain, but Dr. Mai Ly is so gentle that there is no pain. She makes me feel comfortable and describe every detail that needs to be done. I highly recommend this place!"
"Been through 3 various dentist over the years in search for someone who knew what they were doing, wasn’t trying to sell me a mouth full of silver and was compassionate enough to understand that genetically I get a lot more tarter build up than the norm and I don’t need to get a boring long winded lecture on how to floss my teeth. Anyhow, great dentist and I’m glad my wife found them! Go check them out."
"This is a fun dentist office! I was there on Cinco de Mayo and they had the front office festively decorated; had snacks; and all were in some sort of costume or attire specific to the celebration while playing festive music! It is a very personable place."