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When you’re missing teeth, you have a few options. You can go to your favorite Boston dentist and get a bridge, you can get a tooth implant, or you can leave the gap to give your other teeth elbow room.

If you decide to go for the Joe Thornton look, your other teeth will take advantage of that gap as your jaw reduces. Hopefully, this isn’t your plan. There are a lot of good dentists in Boston who can give you a great looking smile… and they all have Novocain.

The dental work route has some good options. A traditional bridge uses adjacent healthy teeth as anchors for a pontic (false tooth). If you have multiple missing teeth in a row, a dental implant may serve as an anchor. Talk to a Boston dental implants specialist to find out your best options. Bridges vary in price based on the quality of materials used. They also require filing adjacent anchor teeth down so caps can be placed on them.

Dental implants are a relatively new and innovative solution. In this procedure, a surgeon will implant a tapered root-like structure into the bone of your jaw. This will then support a crown, bridge, or dentures. For a single missing tooth, an implant is stronger than a bridge and can give a more natural look. But dental implants can be quite a bit more expensive than bridges. Like any surgery, an implant will also take up to several months to heal before your Boston dentist can put a crown or bridge on it.

Don’t walk around grinning like an old school Bruin. There are some phenomenal Boston dental implants specialists and traditional dentists who can get you looking as good as new.

Dental Partners of Boston

800 Boylston Street, 2nd Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02199

Phone: (617) 259-1100