When you lost all of your teeth, then you could have trouble eating, speaking, and your overall quality of life and health could suffer. Losing jawbone density due to tooth loss could further complicate the issue, making implant placement difficult. Fortunately, your Santa Rosa , CA, oral surgeons can secure a new smile on just four dental implants posts!
The Dangers of Lost Teeth
When you lose most of your teeth, you become severely limited in what you can eat. These limits could deprive your body of not only your favorite dishes, but essential vitamins and nutrients. Major tooth loss is also connected to difficulty speaking clearly, and embarrassment in social situations. However, your body will also respond by suspending the flow of key nutrients to the jawbone around these lost teeth. Without these doses of calcium and phosphorus, the bone tissue will break down. As the jawbone loses mass and density, you begin to look older, lose additional teeth, and your facial structure changes!
3D Scans and Treatment Planning
The loss of jawbone density often means there isn’t enough tissue to support dental implants without first undergoing oral surgical produces like jawbone grafting or sinus lifts to rebuild these portions of the smile. However, we do have an option that helps those with compromised jawbone structure and negates the need for grafting or lifts. With All-On-Four, we use smaller, more economical implant posts that can be supported with less tissues, but still stimulates the growth of jawbone tissue to preserve the smile. We begin by taking detailed 3D scans of your smile and digital x-rays. We want to choose the optimal places to insert the posts, and to avoid nerve tissues and sinus cavities.
Inserting Dental Implants and Attaching Prosthetics
Using digital surgical guides, we gently insert the implant posts into the jawbone. Using anesthesia and sedation, we make sure you’re comfortable throughout the entire procedure. Once the four posts are in place, we the attach a custom-made prosthetic. This full denture will look natural and reflect your unique facial structure. When you leave the office, you do so with a complete smile! We will schedule follow-up visits to make sure everything healed correctly that your new smile is sturdy and stable. If you have any questions about the All-On-Four system, or if you have lost most of your natural teeth, then contact our team today. We’re ready to help rebuild your smile!
Do You Have Questions About All-On-Four®?
Our team wants to help you obtain a complete and lifelike smile again with a secure prosthetic. To learn more about how we secure a fixed denture, then schedule a consultation by calling Santa Rosa Oral Surgery in Santa Rosa, CA, today at 707-545-4625.
