During your porcelain bridge appointment with Glen Dental Center in Glenview, your abutment teeth will be prepared to make way for the replacement tooth. Your cosmetic dentist in Deerfield will recontour the abutment teeth by filing down a portion of enamel on the tooth. This allows room for the replacement tooth, dental implant, or dental crown. Dr. Gilmor or Dr. Phillips will then take impressions that will serve as a mold or model to make the bridge and crowns before sending the impressions off to a dental lab. During this time, Glen Dental Center will make a temporary bridge for you to wear while your permanent porcelain bridge is made.