Is the dental specialty that focuses on dental prostheses. A dental prosthesis is an intraoral (inside the mouth) prosthesis used to restore (reconstruct) intraoral defects such as missing teeth or missing parts of teeth.
There are both fixed and removable dental prostheses. Fixed prosthetic solutions include crowns and bridges that are cemented to the mouth. Removable prostheses include full and partial dentures.

What is fixed with crowns?
A badly damaged tooth can be fixed by crowning. If there is extensive decay in a tooth and it has been filled several times or if the tooth has darkened, for example as a result of root canal therapy, crowning is a good treatment alternative. Crowning both strengthens the tooth and improves its appearance. The crown can be made of various metal alloys/ceramics or zirconium/ceramics.

What can be replaced with a bridge and partial denture?
One or several missing teeth can be replaced with a bridge, partial denture or implant. A bridge is fixed onto the teeth next to the missing tooth, and they will be crowned. Also, a gap resulting from several teeth missing can be covered using a bridge. In the same way as crowns, also bridges can be made from a variety of materials.

Unlike a bridge, a partial denture is a removable prosthetic solution. A partial denture can be, for example, a plate made of acrylic plastic or metal to which artificial teeth are fixed. When the partial denture is installed into the mouth, the gaps caused by missing teeth are covered by the teeth in the denture.

What if all the teeth are missing?
If all teeth are missing, a complete denture is used as the prosthetic solution. A complete denture is a removable device that replaces all the teeth. A complete denture can also be bonded in the mouth using a few implants. In these cases, it can still be removed for cleaning by oneself.