Restore and protect your smile with dental crowns and bridges in Tooting

With proper care, crowns and bridges can last 10-15 years or longer. Many patients across Tooting, Balham, and Wandsworth enjoy their results for decades.

Yes - they’re colour-matched to your teeth and crafted from porcelain or zirconia for a seamless, lifelike finish.

A crown restores a single tooth, while a bridge replaces one or more missing teeth using support from neighbouring teeth or implants.

No - we use local anaesthetic to ensure a comfortable experience. Most patients report minimal discomfort during and after the procedure.

Brush and floss daily, avoid biting hard foods, and maintain regular check-ups. Our team will give you individual aftercare advice.

Yes - implant-supported bridges are ideal if multiple teeth are missing. Visit our dental implants page to learn more.

Your teeth may become discoloured or damaged for a variety of reasons. It could be lost teeth due to trauma, gum disease or even caused by certain medications or medical conditions, like diabetes. This can result in gaps in your dentition, which can have a serious impact on your confidence and prevent you from smiling and laughing. In extreme circumstances, you may feel embarrassed, anxious and sometimes leading to depression.

At Waterfall Dental & Implant Centre, we are committed to reversing these scenarios through the use of crowns and bridges to repair and restore your smile so you can feel confident again.

A crown is a form of dental restoration that replaces the part of your tooth that is damaged or broken. For example, if you have a particularly large or deep filling or a piece of tooth has broken off, we will create a ‘crown’ to replace and restore the tooth in line with your other teeth.

Other uses for crowns include:

• Improving the appearance of discoloured fillings.
• Protecting/capping a restored tooth following root canal treatment so you can bite down and eat as normal.
• Anchoring a bridge or dental implant to keep it firmly in place.
• Covering up a chipped or broken tooth.

We follow a comprehensive step-by-step process when fitting a crown:

First we prepare the damaged tooth by removing old fillings and shaping the original tooth to accommodate the crown.

We take an impression or digital scan of the tooth that needs repairing/restoring.

From that impression, we create a crown in our dental laboratory that will precisely fit the damaged tooth, making sure it exactly matches the neighbouring teeth in terms of bite, contact, size and colour, to ensure the final result will be as natural-looking as possible.

Finally, we bond the crown onto the original tooth.

As with all of our dental procedures, we explain the entire process to you, discuss the different types of crowns available, answer any questions you may have and guide you all the way.

A bridge is a fixed type of restoration that replaces missing teeth. It often makes use of adjacent teeth to give a stable and secure restoration, enabling you to chew comfortably with the bridge in place and boosting your confidence. Because there are various types of bridges, we will discuss the most suitable options with you as we plan your treatment.

The base of a bridge can be constructed from precious metal or zirconia (porcelain) depending on each individual requirement, making the bridge solid and hard-wearing. If the bridge is going to be visible in your smile line, we will use a zirconia base so the bridge is as natural-looking as possible next to your other teeth.

As well as making sure your teeth are repaired, restored, strong and stable, a bridge will also strengthen your surrounding teeth. In some cases, we may need to fix the bridge to your jaw with a dental implant, particularly if you have several adjacent teeth missing.

The bridge will be made in the same way we make a crown; by preparing your teeth before taking an impression or digital scan of the teeth to be repaired and restored. Our experienced dental technicians will use these impressions and scans to make the final bridge.

Once you’ve had a crown or bridge fitted, we will develop a personal hygiene regime for you to follow to make sure your crown or bridge lasts a lifetime.