Despite all the modern advances in dentistry, crowns and bridges still constitute a significant part of our work at Aquae Sulis Dental. Crowns are used to build up a tooth that has been chipped or broken or become too weak to chew. The tooth is gently prepared in order that the remaining tooth provides a strong base onto which the crown is bonded. Crowns are made from a number of materials including high strength ceramic, a combination of metal and ceramic or a high gold alloy alone. All ceramic crowns made of materials such as Procera can produce near perfect aesthetic results.

The same technique used in crowns, can be used to fill up the spaces where teeth are missing. This is called bridgework. Using this technique teeth adjacent to a space are prepared as with crowns and the bridge is made linking the false tooth to the crowns as one unit. This is then bonded into place such that it functions like the original teeth.