A dental bridge is a fixed dental restoration, also called a fixed dental prosthesis, used to replace one or more missing teeth by joining an artificial tooth permanently to the adjacent natural teeth or to dental implants placed on either side of the gap.
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A bridge is a fixed dental restoration used to replace one or more missing teeth by joining an artificial tooth definitively to adjacent teeth or dental implants.
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