My bite and my bridge

[lola1]

My right upper lateral incisor tooth is broken and my dentist told that it could be good to put a bridge.

However, my dentist told me also because my lower right lateral incisor and my lower central incisor are a little bit one on top of the other when I will bite these two teeth will put pressure on my bridge and as a consequence my bridge may not last a long time.

I would like to know what I can do to fix this problem

 

[Dr M]

It depends on how bad the occlusal problem is. You can consider doing aligner therapy at the bottom, to try and align the bottom teeth, or you could perhaps consider a dental implant instead of a bridge. It all depends on the size of the discrepancy.

 

[lola1]

I would like to know if a solution could be to shorten the bridge

 

[Dr M]

Usually the bridge is designed in such a way that minimal or no pressure is put on it. It just all depends on the space available.

 

[lola1]

The bridge covering my broken right upper lateral incisor will be cemented to my right central incisor so I would like to know if the bridge cannot be too short because otherwise there would not be enough space to cement it to my right right central incisor