Dental Health and Tooth

Restorations
Tooth restorations are the various ways your dentist can
replace missing teeth or repair missing parts of
the tooth structure. Tooth structure can be missing due to
decay, deterioration of a previously placed restoration, or
fracture of a tooth. Examples of restorations include the
following:
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1. Fillings are the most common type of dental

restoration. Teeth can be filled with gold, silver
amalgam, or tooth-colored plastic materials called
composite resin fillings.
2. Crowns are a tooth-shaped "cap" that is placed over a
tooth to restore its shape and size, strength,
appearance, to hold a bridge in place or cover a dental
implant.
3. Bridges are false teeth that are designed to "bridge"
the gap created by one or more missing teeth. Bridges
 can be anchored on either side by crowns and
cemented permanently into place.
4. Implants are replacement tooth roots. Implants are
actually a small post made of metal that are placed
into the bone socket where teeth are missing. The
implant is covered with a replacement tooth called a
crown.
5. Dentures are a removable replacement for missing
teeth and surrounding tissues. They are made of
acrylic resin sometimes combined with metal
attachments. Complete dentures replace all the teeth;
partial dentures are considered when some natural
teeth remain and are retained by metal clasps
attached to the natural teeth.