The absence of natural teeth can affect your life greatly. Removable dentures can help but they have a few disadvantages. Although they were created with utmost care, removable dentures can never replace natural teeth. Thanks to modern dental technology. Now, you can have teeth that look and feel like your original ones through dental implants. At My Creative Smiles, you can have implant supported permanent dentures via our full mouth rehabilitation services. Our professional and experienced dentists restore your missing teeth to have a new complete set that feel and look like your original ones. Get more information about restoration with tooth implants and why this is the best choice for you.

What are all on 4 implants

Dental implants are metallic screws that are inserted surgically into your jawbone beneath your gums. The dentist will install your new teeth one these metal screws once they are completely secured and healed. The best technique to replace your lost teeth permanently is the all on four implants that use up to eight in each jaw.

It is not necessary to have a new root for each lost tooth in this procedure, offsetting the need for a full replacement. Four are enough to support a full set of dentures, although your issue will decide if you needed a permanent restoration arranged on four to eight new roots in every jaw. The all-on-4, also known as full mouth prostheses, look and feel like your original teeth, letting you to speak and eat with no restraints.

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How do full mouth implants work?

Full mouth implants can be either all-on-4, all-on-5, all-on-6, or all-on-8 titanium roots arranged in each jaw that support a fixed set or removable dentures. The most preferred choice is the all-on-4, where two new roots are put in the jaw front while the other two are placed at a 45-degree angle in the back jaw. Six or even eight new roots will be arranged in the jaw if it requires enhanced support and retention. This method, though, is rare because it requires the jaw bones to have more volume and thickness.

Can I get permanent dentures?

Patients who want to restore their lost teeth are perfect candidates for any type of prostheses. For permanent dentures, the perfect candidates are:

  • Total Mouth Reconstruction – My Creative Smiles suggests the permanent multiple implants for supported dentures for total mouth reconstruction. This procedure restores a new set of teeth with beautiful dazzling new dentures.
  • Completely Reabsorbed Bone – With a thin jawbone, it is impossible to have traditional implants. The best alternative and technique is the total mouth reconstruction, where you get to have complete permanent mouth restoration. This is the most popular and well-recommended procedure. If you have a think jawbone, our dentist will recommend bone grafting or a mini dental restoration in the upper and/or lower jaw to replace teeth.
  • Complete Smile Refashioning – This procedure lets you have that beautiful, perfect smile by replacing lost teeth permanently.

Full mouth restoration procedure

Constructing and placing an all on four, five, six, or eight implants involves two processes:  the arrangement and the loading processes.

  • The arrangement of Dental Implants – Our dentist will administer a local anesthesia to ensure you are totally pain-free and comfortable. Conscious sedation may be given for those who are extremely anxious. The dentist will cut over the soft tissue lying over your jaw bone. New roots will be inserted in this area. Lifting a surgical flap, the dentist will drill a small hole in your jaw, screw the metallic roots in place, making sure controlled forces are applied.
  • Loading Process – In the traditional procedure, an abutment is used to insert a full prosthesis to the new roots as soon as the surgical area has healed completely. With the modern dental procedure, the loading process can take place immediately. For immediate loading, our dentist will prepare the dentures and their abutments and will load them right after the completion of the surgery.

Benefits of all on 4

The all on four restorations have more benefits to offer than the traditional prostheses like bridges and dentures.

  • Quick Aesthetic Results – The all on four can be loaded as soon as the the surgery was completed. This allows you to have a new, visually appealing smile in one day! The traditional method takes several months of waiting before placing the prosthesis.
  • Quick Recuperating Period – At My Creative Smiles, our dentists perform minor surgery to immediately accommodate the placement. With only four artificial roots needed for permanent restorations, the procedure, as well as the recuperating period are quicker.
  • No Bone Grafting – You can have new permanent prostheses without grafting the bone. Bone resorption is less in the front jawbone, leaving this area clear and sturdy to place the two new roots. The other two new roots are placed at an angle at the back jawbone. This is done to make way when the space between the lower and the upper jawbone is restricted than normal. Our dentists use a mini-implant technique in some cases.
  • Durable – Traditional dentures require frequent replacements or repairs. Permanent dental prostheses are sturdier and durable compared to traditional dentures. Fixed dentures are also easier to clean and maintain and can last a lifetime with proper care.
  • More Comfortable – Permanent dentures are not only durable but they are also comfortable and visually appealing. They are just like your natural teeth so there are no issues of them sliding off, or affecting your speech, and even eating limitations. They are so perfectly natural that you will not feel having lost your teeth at all.

Get that new, attractive smile with all on four restorations. Set an appoint with us today. Visit us in Fullerton, California now. We are just 10 minutes away from Laguna Beach and Irvine.