Removable dentures can help treat severe tooth loss and restore function to your smile. But they need replacement every few years, and don’t prevent the loss of jawbone structure. However, we can provide an alternative to removable dentures. In today’s blog, Brooklyn Periodontist and Implantology talks about All-On-Four implant dentures!
When You Need Dentures
When do you need to receive a full set of new teeth? Obviously, if you have lost all of your natural teeth, we can help. In fact, if years have elapsed and your smile has weakened, All-On-Four could still support new teeth without the need for grafting or a sinus lift. However, if your jawbone has weakened significantly. We could strengthen it with these options to ensure you can enjoy a full set of new teeth again!
You should see us for treatment because otherwise, this could lead to limited meal options and poor nutritional intake, harming your overall health. You could have issues with clear speech too, and could develop an older appearance as your jawbone and facial structure erode due to the missing tooth roots in your smile. If you have total tooth loss or are missing most of your natural teeth, we can help!
Preparing Your Smile
To begin, we will examine your smile with advanced digital imaging technology. We want to identify the sources of your tooth loss and assess the severity. Our team may need to offer care to manage issues like gum disease so you don’t risk implant failure. We will also gently extract any remaining teeth to pave the way for your new smile. Our team can also offer care to strengthen your jaw if it is too weak to support multiple dental implants.
Strengthening Your Jaw
If your lower jaw cannot support four dental implant posts, then we could offer grafting to strengthen it with new tissues taken from donor sources, synthetic materials, or from your own body. For the upper jaw, we could essentially raise the sinus floor with a sinus lift to uncover new structure that can support the dental implants that secure your new teeth in place.
Placing Your New Tooth Roots
Traditional dental implant dentures usually require six to eight implant posts per arch. While effective, this is a more involved procedure, likely takes multiple visits and a longer healing period between placement and denture attachment, and could necessitate surgery to prepare your jaw. But! With All-On-Four, we will only place four small posts into the jaw, which can stimulate jawbone growth to keep your jaw and facial structure intact, and can support a full smile. This means your new teeth can stay in place for decades, possibly a lifetime. We will plan and guide the placement with advanced diagnostic technology to ensure your new roots sit at the right angle, position, and depth to secure an entirely new smile in only one visit!
Securing a New Smile
Once your new posts are in place, we will attach abutments to them that allow us to connect your new teeth. We will create a full row of lifelike teeth made from durable ceramic, which can handle daily bite forces with ease and restore function to your smile again. We will attach these in the same visit as the implant placement, so you can leave our office with a complete smile. Your new teeth will be fixed in place, so they never slip when you eat or drink, and they don’t need to be taken out for cleaning or soaking. We will discuss how to care for them as you would natural teeth, so you can avoid disease and other factors that could cause implant failure. We want your smile to stay in place for decades to come, possibly even a lifetime!
If you have any questions about how we support a full smile with the All-On-Four system, or if you want to talk about how we address more minor tooth loss with dental implants too, then reach out to our team today. We also offer periodontic care to manage the issues that cause tooth loss, such as periodontal disease or even periodontitis. You deserve a full, healthy, and beautiful smile, and we are ready to make this happen for you and your family!
Brooklyn Periodontics Provides All-On-Four
All-On-Four can provide a full and beautiful smile in only one visit, so you can feel good when you smile and even enjoy your favorite dishes again. For more details about securing a new smile, then please call Brooklyn Periodontics & Implantology in Brooklyn, NY at (718) 444-3800 today.
