{"id":17,"date":"2026-08-27T16:32:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashvidentalclinic.com\/blog\/?p=17"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:32:31","slug":"dental-crowns-and-bridges-what-is-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashvidentalclinic.com\/blog\/dental-crowns-and-bridges-what-is-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental Crowns and Bridges: What Is the Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A dental crown covers and protects a weakened or heavily restored tooth. A dental bridge is commonly used to replace a missing tooth or teeth by connecting a replacement restoration to supporting teeth or implants.<\/p>\n<h2>Which treatment is right?<\/h2>\n<p>The best choice depends on the condition of the teeth, the location of the gap, bite forces, and your overall oral health.<\/p>\n<h2>Get a personalised recommendation<\/h2>\n<p>A dentist can explain the advantages, limitations, expected maintenance, and alternative options after an examination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A simple guide to how crowns protect damaged teeth and how bridges can replace one or more missing teeth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restorative-dentistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashvidentalclinic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashvidentalclinic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashvidentalclinic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashvidentalclinic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashvidentalclinic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashvidentalclinic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashvidentalclinic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashvidentalclinic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashvidentalclinic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashvidentalclinic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}