Which full mouth implants treatment options is for me? What are my options? How much do they costs?
Living with Full Jaw Missing Teeth
Having full dentures or soon-to-be endentulous jaw is a daunting and stressful situation. Unsure what to do next?
What are my full jaw missing teeth options?
Basic ways to replace full jaw missing teeth :
- Full dentures that most conventional and economical way to replace full jaw misisng teeth
- Implant-support dentures with implant posts as retention support
- New full set of dental bridges over dental implants that acts as new tooth roots
- A one piece hybrid dentures (sometimes called hybrid bridge) fitted onto dental implant posts, most commonly know as All-on-4 implants
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Comparing Each Option
Options
Benefits
Considerations
Full dentures
- Most economical
- Can be done for all types of bone conditions
- Slips and slides
- May fall out while talking and eating
- Unable to chew with force
Implant-supported dentures
- Relatively economical; uses 2 to 4 implants (per jaw)
- Can be done for most types of cases with sufficent front bone
- Provides secure retention and keeps full dentures in place
- Easy to clean and maintain
- Unable to chew with full force
- Removable prosthese so will need to take care of overdentures daily
Full bridge over implants
- Able to chew with full force
- Feels, looks and functions like new set of natural teeth
- clean and maintain simliar to natural teeth except it will never decay
- High costs; uses 6 to 8 implants (per jaw)
- Requires sufficient bone for implant placement is specific locations
Hybrid bridge/dentures over implants
(known as All-on-4)
- Can be done for most types of cases with sufficent front bone
- Fixed retention and prostheses
- For selected cases, immediate function whereby provisional fixed hybrid bridge is obtained after implant placement
- High costs; uses 4 to 6 implants (per jaw) and will require at least 2 sets of hybrid bridges
- Difficult to clean and maintain over long-run
- Requires adjustments over time
- More risky
Which Option is for Me?
Factors to take into account before deciding which treatment option is for you:
- bone condition : do you have sufficient bone support for each option
- expected end results for use and maintanence : do you want a fixed or removable option? What are your oral hygiene habits do you have?
- budget
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