{"id":1900,"date":"2016-12-11T13:56:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T18:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2016-12-11T14:03:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T19:03:43","slug":"bridge-case-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/bridge-case-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge case of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This patient had a non-restorable decayed upper first molar tooth. I recommended a bridge since his adjacent teeth already had crowns on them. We extracted the infected molar and placed a temporary bridge. Following healing I prepared the adjacent teeth and fabricated and cemented a fixed 3 unit zirconia porcelain bridge. Here&#8217;s the before and after pictures.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1901\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/before-bridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1901 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/before-bridge-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"before-bridge\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/before-bridge-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/before-bridge.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">before<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1902\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/after-bridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1902 \" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/after-bridge-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"after-bridge\" width=\"230\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/after-bridge-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/after-bridge.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">after bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1905\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/non-restorabletooth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1905 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/non-restorabletooth-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"non-restorabletooth\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/non-restorabletooth-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/non-restorabletooth.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">X-ray of infected tooth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1906\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/non-restorabletooth2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1906 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/non-restorabletooth2-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"non-restorabletooth2\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/non-restorabletooth2-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/non-restorabletooth2.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo of decayed tooth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1908\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dentalbridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1908 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dentalbridge-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"dentalbridge\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dentalbridge-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dentalbridge.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">zirconia bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1909\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dentalbridge1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1909 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dentalbridge1-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"dentalbridge1\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dentalbridge1-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dentalbridge1.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">view of inside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1907\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/happypatient.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1907 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/happypatient-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"happypatient\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/happypatient-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/happypatient.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">happy patient :-)))<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/beforebridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1903\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/beforebridge-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"beforebridge\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/beforebridge-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/beforebridge.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/afterbridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1904\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/afterbridge-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"afterbridge\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/afterbridge-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/afterbridge.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This patient had a non-restorable decayed upper first molar tooth. I recommended a bridge since his adjacent teeth already had crowns on them. We extracted the infected molar and placed a temporary bridge. Following healing I prepared the adjacent teeth and fabricated and cemented a fixed 3 unit zirconia porcelain bridge. Here&#8217;s the before and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/bridge-case-of-the-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bridge case of the day<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11,22,10,101,12,71,15,17,16],"class_list":["post-1900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bridge","tag-arlington","tag-bridge","tag-dentist","tag-dentistry","tag-dr-gentry","tag-dr-philip-gentry","tag-northern-virginia","tag-philip-gentry","tag-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1912,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions\/1912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}