If you are looking for an alternative solution to dentures, then dental implants may be the right choice for you. A leading solution is the innovative "All-On-4" treatment solution and here at Circus House, we are proud that Nobel biocare has recognised us as a to be a Centre of Excellence for this.
If you have lost all of your teeth, a modern, alternative solution is the All-On-4™ system. This solution replaces your missing teeth with a full dental bridge, supported by just four dental implants.
As fewer implants are needed to support the bridge, your number of visits is significantly reduced and this cutting edge treatment also reduces the need for bone grafting surgery to increase bone volume.
The All-On-4 solution allows our implant surgeon to place prototype teeth the same day as the treatment. These teeth look and feel just like natural teeth and allow you to lead a normal life immediately after the procedure, even allowing you to enjoy the food you love.
To ensure the solution fits perfectly into your lifestyle, you can also select your preferred final prosthetic. For example, a fixed option that provides the highest durability and chewing function, but cannot be removed; or a removable option, which can be removed by you for ease of cleaning.
After a few months healing time, the bridge of your choice will be placed, improving your quality of life and restoring your confidence in your smile.
All-on-4™ implants offer a wide range of benefits, including:
• Reduced need for bone grafting, as the special tilting of two of the four implants ensures a secure and stable anchorage for the replaced arch
• Faster treatment and healing time – as there is no need for healing time between surgery and tooth replacement
• Flexible options – you can choose a final prosthetic solution which best suits your lifestyle
• Scientifically proven, documented success of the solution for over a decade
When all of your teeth are missing the most common way of replacing such a large number of teeth has, in the past been with conventional dentures. Conventional dentures can be uncomfortable and make you feel self-conscious but with dental implants they look and feel like your own teeth.
It may be that you have a large number of failing teeth which need to be extracted and an interim measure of providing a conventional denture may still be required. This will form part of your overall dental implant journey. The immediate denture, which is placed at the time of teeth extraction will provide information on where the dental implants need to be placed and also give us an idea of how the final restoration might look.
If all of the upper and lower teeth are to be replaced, then it is possible to use an entirely fixed reconstruction which does not need to be removed from the mouth.
Alternatively, at Circus House Dental & Implant Centre, Bath we can use a precision retained removable reconstruction which behaves in much the same way as a fixed bridge but enables us to replace bone (in the form of a denture flange) and therefore avoiding the need for bone grafting.
For elderly patients and people who might not be fit for a general anaesthetic, this is often a very satisfactory way of replacing a large number of teeth. Such a reconstruction will require somewhere between four and six dental implants but is is not necessary to replace every tooth with a dental implant.
