The short answer: it depends on your tooth
Fillings and crowns repair a damaged tooth; bridges and implants replace a missing one. Which you need depends on how much healthy tooth structure remains, where the tooth sits, and how your bite loads it — findings that come from a dentist's exam and X-rays. As a rule of thumb, repair is the first conversation when enough tooth remains; replacement comes up when a tooth is already gone or too damaged to support a repair. Treat any online answer that ignores your specific tooth as incomplete.
What "dental restoration" actually means
In plain language, dental restoration is the umbrella term for treatments that bring a damaged, decayed, or missing tooth back to normal function and appearance. The options split into two buckets:
- Repair of a damaged tooth: fillings and crowns.
- Replacement of a missing tooth: bridges and implants.
So a cavity points you toward repair; a missing tooth points you toward replacement.
The four main options at a glance
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