A full arch restoration allows our team to take on total tooth loss, providing a complete smile in only one visit. Not only that, but this will be supported with dental implants to ensure stable and long-lasting replacement. In today’s blog, your Santa Rosa, CA, oral surgeons talk about the All-On-Four® full arch restoration.
What Happens When You Lose Teeth
Whether due to a serious injury or as a result of advanced gum disease, losing your teeth can lead to serious trouble for your daily life. Advanced tooth loss means limited meal options and poor nutritional intake. You could have issues with clear speech, and your smile could be vulnerable to complications like misalignment, TMJ disorder, and even bruxism (teeth grinding). Losing all of our teeth means the jawbone will gradually weaken and break down, which causes an older appearance. But with dental implants, we can fill gaps in your smile. In fact, All-On-Four could offer a full arch restoration.
Planning the All-On-Four® Process
To begin, we will take a close look at your smile to understand the cause and extent of your tooth loss. We may need to extract the last few teeth and we could offer care to manage the underlying causes of your tooth loss, which keeps your new teeth secure. Our team wants to find the best angles, positions, and depths to insert your dental implant posts. With All-On-Four we only need four posts per arch, and they require less structure to support them, so even if time has elapsed since you lost your teeth you could potentially enjoy replacement without the need for grafting or a sinus lift first.
Securing a Smile in One Visit
Once we plan the procedure and administer sedation and anesthesia to ensure you are comfortable, our team will insert the post into your jaw. In the same visit, we will then connect a set of new teeth. For some, we could have the final set ready so you leave with a complete smile. For others, we may need to attach a temporary that we will swap for your final set later on. Regardless, you have a chance to leave our office with a full smile. These new teeth will be designed to not only look natural, but handle daily bite forces and pressures just like natural ones. If you have any questions about full arch restoration with our All-On-Four system, then contact our team to learn more!
Ask Our Team About Same-Day Fixed Dentures
Our team wants to help you obtain a full smile in one visit with our custom and durable tooth replacement, so you can feel confident and enjoy your favorite meals again. To schedule an appointment with your Santa Rosa, CA, dentists, call our office today at 707-545-4625.