MISSING TEETH can adversely affect the smile as well as chewing function. Each tooth has been given a specific function, helping us in cutting and chewing food. MISSING TEETH can be replaced by DENTAL IMPLANT or TOOTH IMPLANT or by a tooth-like CERAMIC CROWN & BRIDGE. A Tooth Implant is an independent tooth that functions like a permanent natural tooth by helping in chewing as well as esthetics and phonetics. Installing a dental implant is a single sitting procedure on which the ceramic cap or crown is loaded after a few weeks or months. A Bridge as the name suggests uses adjacent natural teeth as supports for fixing teeth. A single or more teeth use the adjacent healthy teeth as supports. The supporting teeth need to be trimmed and damaged, if completely healthy for installing a bridge.