Dental Bridges in Edinburgh: A Fixed Tooth, Without Surgery
A bridge fills a gap with a false tooth anchored to its neighbours. We make ours from a digital iTero scan taken here in Comely Bank, so there's no putty, and many need little or no drilling.
Resin-retained bridges start at £550 a unit; conventional bridges are £680 a unit. Dental plan members pay 10% less.2
Which Bridge?
We choose the design by looking at the gap's position, how many teeth have gone and how strong the neighbouring teeth are.
Maryland (Resin) Bridge
The false tooth has a slim wing that bonds behind the tooth next to it. It needs little or no drilling and is often our first choice for one front tooth.
Conventional Bridge
The false tooth sits between crowns placed on its neighbours. Stronger at the back of the mouth, but those neighbours must be shaped for crowns.
Immediate Bridge
Fitted the same day as the extraction, this resin-retained bridge means no gap while the socket heals.
Long-Term Provisional
A temporary bridge for while implants heal or you're deciding, from £450.
Implant Bridge
A row of teeth carried on two or more implants, leaning on none of your own teeth. The best fit when several adjacent teeth are missing.
Repairs
If the supporting teeth are sound, a loose bridge can often be cleaned and cemented back on (£110).
Bridge or Implant?
Each gives you a fixed tooth; the difference is what they need from its neighbours.
How It Works
Examination and X-Ray
We look at the gap, its neighbours and your bite, and take an X-ray of the roots and bone that would support the bridge.
Preparation and Scan
A resin-retained bridge usually needs only a scan. For a conventional one, we shape the supporting teeth under local anaesthetic, scan them on our iTero and fit a protective temporary.
Fitting
We try the bridge in, check its fit, colour and bite, and then bond or cement it.
Review
We confirm your bite has settled and you can clean beneath the bridge.
How Long a Bridge Lasts
Cared for well, a bridge usually lasts 10 to 15 years, frequently more. Three things shorten that: decay along the margins of the supporting teeth, gum disease around those teeth, and heavy grinding. The false tooth seldom gives trouble; our focus is protecting the teeth that hold it.
Because a resin-retained bridge depends on bonding to enamel, it works best on sound teeth and a lighter bite. Should the wing come away, we can usually clean and rebond it (£110).
Was the tooth lost a while back? Bone beneath a gap gradually shrinks, and that can leave a small space below the false tooth. A dental implant preserves the bone, and we'll tell you if it's the better long-term choice.
Looking After a Bridge
Fees
Your written plan confirms the fee before we start. Members of our dental plan save 10%. Prices last checked October 2026.2
| Immediate resin-retained bridge, per unit | £550 |
| Definitive resin-retained bridge, per unit | £800 |
| Conventional bridge, each unit | £680 |
| Long-term provisional bridge | from £450 |
| Recementing a bridge | £110 |
| Single implant with crown | from £2,900 |
| New patient examination with X-rays | £95 |
Questions
Fees, units, and bridge or implant.
Missing Tooth Guides
Find Out If a Bridge Is Right for the Gap
Book an examination with X-rays and you'll learn whether a bridge, an implant or a denture suits your teeth, and the fee, before any work starts.