Materials for a dental bridge
Nowadays, the materials of a bridge body are no longer limited to veneered metal frameworks as they were a few years ago. Metal frameworks made of gold hardly exist anymore, because the price of gold is so high. Non-precious metal is the new material for metal bridges, which consists of an alloy of chrome cobalt and molybdenum.
The non-precious metal bridge has good functional properties and has proven itself as a material so far. Provided that the grey-silver color in the posterior region does not disturb the patient, this variant offers an excellent possibility to create durable dental prostheses. The metal framework can be veneered with ceramic in tooth-colored shades and is aesthetically highly sophisticated.
Aesthetically even better results can be achieved with zircon bridges. Zirconium dioxide is a high-performance ceramic, which can look very similar in color to your own teeth. Lay people can hardly tell whether they have their own teeth or a prosthetic restoration.
In terms of masticatory stability and function, the ceramic is in no way inferior to metal restorations. Only the price of the ceramic restoration may be slightly higher. Ceramic is the material for bridges and crowns, the highest quality and most aesthetic way to make tooth-colored dentures.
By modelling many thin layers of ceramic on top of each other, the translucency and color of the bridge can be adapted to your own teeth in such a way that a layman cannot distinguish the bridge from your own teeth. In addition, there are no differently colored bridge margins as with a veneer bridge. Especially in the anterior region, optimally fitting results can be achieved.
Furthermore, the compatibility is very positive, since there are hardly any allergies or incompatibilities to the components of the ceramic. Nowadays it is also common practice to mill ceramic works from a block. Previously, the dental prosthesis was created on the PC as a 3D model, which is then executed by the milling machine.This makes it possible to avoid long waiting times for the patient, as the bridge can even be used on the same day, provided the practice has such a system (CAD/CAM).
