What should you do if you lose all of your teeth? If you have lost most or all of them, then our team can offer a complete smile. Instead of traditional dental implant dentures, our team could offer teeth-in-a-day with the All-On-Four system. In today’s blog, your Newport Beach, CA, oral surgeon talks about the All-On-Four implant system.
The Causes and Impacts of Edentulism
Edentulism refers to the total loss of your natural teeth. While factors like cavities, infection, and injury could lead to missing teeth, total tooth loss is often the result of disease. Periodontal disease can reach a stage known as periodontitis without treatment, causing adult tooth loss. Which is why treatment is crucial for managing it and avoiding missing teeth. But once you lose your smile, what happens next? Well, with options like All-On-Four, we can use dental implants and lifelike replacement teeth to offer a complete smile in only one visit.
Preparing Smiles for All-On-Four
To begin, we will examine your smile. We want to understand the cause of your tooth loss and offer care to manage the underlying factors and ensure your new teeth can last for decades to come. We also examine the jawbone to choose the best angle, position, and depth to insert your new posts. Unlike traditional dental implants, these are smaller and require less structure to stay in place, so even if years have elapsed since you lost your teeth, you can support dental implants without the need for grafting or sinus lift procedures.
Attaching Your New Teeth
Then images and x-rays we take of your smile will allow us to design your new prosthetic portion ahead of time. When you arrive for placement, we will insert four posts per arch at specific angles and positions to support new teeth and stimulate jawbone growth. In the same sitting, we will attach abutments and then connect a set of new teeth, which have been custom-made. You will leave with a full smile, one fixed in place like natural teeth. We will discuss proper care and attention to ensure your new teeth have the potential to last a lifetime!
If you have any questions about how our team will diagnose and treat issues like tooth loss, or if you are ready for All-On-Four, then contact our team today to learn more. You deserve a full and beautiful smile, and we want to make it happen in 2025!
Talk To Balboa Dental Surgery About Full Arch Restoration
With just four dental implants per arch, we can secure a full and beautiful smile. To learn more about taking on total tooth loss in one visit, or to schedule your appointment, contact your Newport Beach, CA oral surgeon at (949) 630-0143!
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