Replacing a missing tooth.
Four ways to go, side by side.
Cost
Implant
A new root and tooth
Best for most people
Bridge
Anchored to both sides
none
Partial
Takes in and out
none
Do nothing
Leave the gap
Costs the most laterCost
$$$$
$$$
$$
$ now
How long
4 to 12months
2 to 8weeks
About 8weeks
Novisits
What's good
- Feels like a real tooth
- Nothing else is touched
- Lasts the longest
- Looks real
- Stays in
- Done in weeks
- Can replace several teeth
- Costs the least to start
- Nothing to do today
What to know
- Needs enough bone
- A small surgery
- Takes the longest
- The two teeth beside it are shaved down
- Harder to floss
- Comes out to clean
- Least comfortable
- Teeth tilt into the gap
- Bone shrinks away
- Your bite changes