Dental Crowns & Bridges | Restorative Dentistry

Restore Your Smile

Dental crowns & bridges can help you regain the functionality of your teeth without looking like you’ve received any dental work.

All About Crown & Bridgework in Nashville

Have you been considering restoring your smile with a crown or bridge?

If so, the team at Belle Meade Smile Center has you covered. We’ll make sure you receive the best dental care and treatment throughout your whole dental procedure.

Picture a tooth that has excessive fillings. A crown can strengthen this tooth. Your Nashville dentist could also repair a cracked or broken tooth by using a crown. Crowns act by returning a tooth to its default shape and size. For this reason, Dr. Shipp uses crowns as a tool to restore your dental health and smile.

The crowns at our Nashville office are made from porcelain, zirconia, gold, and porcelain fused to metal. We also use ceramic crowns from e.Max.

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FAQs About Dental Bridges

What’s a Dental Bridge?

A dental bridge is a way for Dr. Shipp to replace a missing tooth. At Belle Meade Smile Center you can get this appliance if you want to replace one or more teeth but don’t want to wear dentures or commit to surgery for permanent dental implants.

The new tooth is held in place by two crowns. It looks natural and consists of a ceramic or porcelain material to match the surrounding teeth.

Do I Need a Dental Bridge?

Are you missing teeth? Can you keep your teeth and gums clean and healthy with regular brushing and flossing? Dental bridges from Belle Meade Smile Center give you a fantastic way to replace your missing teeth and restore a healthy and confident smile.

Missing teeth can often cause problems with chewing or speaking, and they also don’t look very good to other people. If you don’t immediately replace missing teeth, the teeth around the open space tend to shift toward it.

Bridges correct your bite, which improves your chewing and speech. It also improves your cosmetic appearance by keeping your facial features from collapsing and making you look old ahead of your time.

What’s the Process for Getting a Bridge?

For a traditional fixed bridge, you’ll come to two different appointments, and there are a few steps:

1. First, Dr. Shipp takes specific notes about the size, shape, and color of your teeth. You’ll also let us take impressions of the teeth all around the area with the missing tooth.

2. Then, our Belle Meade Smile Center team sends your information to a licensed dental ceramist at a special lab. There, a dental ceramist makes a high-quality replacement tooth for you.

3. After we receive your bridges from the lab, you’ll come back to our Nashville dentist's office. Then, Dr. Shipp will place your permanent dental bridge on the two teeth surrounding the missing tooth.

Is a Bridge Right for Me?