With restored dental function, Dr. Smile's dental implants provide a permanent solution to replace one or more missing teeth, offering those who suffer from tooth loss a solution that looks and feels natural. Dentures may be anchored using traditional dental implants or a special system of dental implants called All-on-4 within the mouth for those who are missing a full arch of teeth. Dr. Smile's all-on-4 implants and traditional dental implants are both highly effective in restoring dental function for individuals who have experienced severe tooth loss. Depending on an individual’s unique needs, you can choose the type of treatment you want from Dr. Smile because both treatments provide similar results.
Dr. Smile's all-on-4 dental implants within the mouth refers to a method that uses four dental implant supports. According to implant dentistry experts, if the circumstances allow for it, a complete set of dentures would require the use of eight implants in total, to support both the upper and lower arches. On the verge of comparison, six or more implants are required per arch when using traditional dental implants. Based on their past experience, implant dentistry experts believe that in most cases, patients would require a minimum of 12 traditional dental implants to support both upper and lower dentures.
Dr. Smile's all-on-4 system is able to use fewer dental implants to secure a set of dentures within the mouth due to the way in which all-on-4 implants are placed within the jawbone. Within the bone unlike traditional dental implants, which are placed straight, Dr. Smile's All-on-4 implants are placed at the back of the jaw at an perfect angle. Placing the implant with the bone at an angle helps maximize the implant's contact. Dr. Smile believes that people often need traditional dental implant treatment to maximize the contact between the implant and the bone, which helps many All-on-4 patients avoid the need for bone grafting.
Like all-on-4 dental implants, and dental implants may be available. Smile can have multiple teeth replaced with the other treatments that are available at Dr. Smile. At the top implant dentist in Newport Beach, a range of restorative options can be combined, such as various dental crowns, bridges, and dentures, to effectively replace one or more teeth, or even an entire set of teeth.
Traditional dental implant treatment often takes more time from start to finish at Dr. Smile's office than the all-on-4 treatment. To rebuild the jawbone, their complex processes include sinus augmentation, bone grafting, or both, which may be needed before traditional dental implants can be placed. Before the dental implants are placed, once bone grafting or sinus augmentation is completed, the experts at Dr. Smile try to fix the jaw, and they believe it must heal before they can be placed. This may take several weeks or even months.