Adhesive bridges

The special feature of an adhesive or adhesive bridge is that it is attached to the adjacent teeth exclusively by means of a Klebeverbindung . It is usually used to close the gap in the event of a missing anterior tooth. The big advantage of the adhesive bridge compared to the conventional bridge is that the abutment teeth do not have to be completely processed. As a rule, only the enamel is lightly ground. If this is too thin, the dentin can also be ground in some cases.

In any case, however, the aim is to preserve tooth enamel in contrast to conventional bridge technology. Especially in young patients, this method is preferable if possible.
However, an adhesive or adhesive bridge is only suitable for closing an anterior tooth gap. In the case of gaps in the posterior region or larger bridge bodies , the loads occurring during chewing would be too great.