Using Full Mouth Dental Implants To Restore Your Smile

After total tooth loss, many people opt for traditional dentures as their go-to replacement method. However, these custom prosthetics have significant limitations! Over time, as your jawbone loses mass, your dentures will lose their perfect fit. Loose dentures create significant issues with eating and speaking, negatively impacting your overall quality of life. Fortunately, Brent Bradford, DDS, has a solution! Using dental implants, we can replace a full mouth of missing teeth. While full mouth dental implants may sound like a hassle, mini implants make it easier than ever to restore your smile!

The Importance of Jawbone Health

Natural teeth have roots hidden below your gums, embedded in your jawbone.

These roots are responsible for maintaining the health of your jaw, as they provide vital stimulation to the bone. When you lose teeth, you lose the stimulation your tooth roots provide, resulting in jawbone resorption.

Bone resorption (or the loss of bone mass and volume) may cause:

• Wrinkly skin: As you lose bone, the skin around your mouth and cheeks may begin to sag or wrinkle. Unfortunately, this sunken-cheek effect often makes you appear older than your actual age.
• Jaw pain: With less bone structure, your remaining bone and your jaw joint may experience extra stress or pressure. This can result in jaw pain and potentially lead to TMJ!
• Loose dentures: Traditional dentures rely on your jawbone. As it shrinks, these prosthetics lose their perfect fit, sliding around on your gums and creating difficulties chewing foods and speaking clearly.

Only dental implants replace missing teeth and stop bone resorption, as they replace your missing tooth roots as well!

However, those experiencing jawbone loss may be ineligible for conventional dental treatment, as they require ample bone structure for support. Thankfully, Brent Bradford, DDS, can utilize mini dental implants instead!

Full Mouth Mini Dental Implants

A full mouth of mini dental implants creates a strong foundation for your denture restoration. By placing these implants strategically around your jaw, we evenly distribute the pressure of your bite, allowing you to eat the foods you love without hesitation.

Mini implants are significantly smaller than conventional implants, almost half the size. However, the difference in diameter isn’t a difference in strength! These implants maintain the same stability and durability as their conventional counterparts.

Additionally, mini implants feature a one-piece design, allowing us to place them in a single appointment. Using a minimally invasive approach, we secure these implants in your jawbone without the use of incisions or large drills. Instead, we create a small hole in your jaw and use it to guide the implant into place, where it becomes instantly stable enough to support a final restoration!

With your implants in place, we secure your denture on top to restore your smile in just one day!

Full Mouth Dental Implant Restorations

At Brent Bradford, DDS, we offer a wide range of full mouth dental implant-supported restorations.

• Snap-on overdentures: These prosthetics secure on 4 to 8 mini implants, eliminating the need for the bulky upper denture plate commonly found in traditional dentures. This structure frees up your upper palate, allowing you to fully enjoy the taste of food! Additionally, an overdenture “snaps” on and off your implants for easy maintenance.
• Semi-permanent roundhouse bridges: With 6 to 10 mini implants for support, this restoration needs even less of the gum base. A semi-permanent roundhouse bridge looks incredibly natural in your mouth, and feels natural too, as you never remove it. Only we will remove your prosthetic for routine dental cleanings.
• Permanent roundhouse bridges: For the most natural-looking and feeling denture, we recommend a permanent roundhouse bridge. This restoration is anchored by 10 to 12 mini implants, providing the ultimate stability. With this restoration, we may not even need a gum base, as your restoration secures directly on your implants to give it a sleek and natural-looking design! A permanent roundhouse bridge is non-removable and is the closest you can get to restoring your natural teeth.

Restore Your Smile in Syracuse, NY, at Brent Bradford, DDS!

Replacing a full mouth of teeth doesn’t have to be a hassle. In fact, with mini implant-supported restorations, you can restore your smile with ease! These small titanium posts secure in your jaw to provide excellent support for your restorations, and can even stabilize in one day!

Book a free consultation to learn which full mouth mini dental implant restoration is right for you.

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