Missing All Upper Lower Teeth

Solutions for Missing All Upper and Lower Teeth

Losing all your upper and lower teeth can significantly impact your ability to eat, speak, and smile confidently. At Branson Dental Center, we understand how important a complete, healthy smile is to your quality of life. We offer advanced restorative solutions to give you a natural-looking, fully functional smile.

MISSING ALL UPPER TEETH: Understanding Full-Arch Tooth Loss

Whether you’re missing your upper or lower teeth, everyday tasks become challenging. Traditional dentures may provide a temporary solution, but they often come with discomfort, slipping, and difficulty chewing certain foods. Fortunately, modern dentistry offers long-term solutions that restore both function and aesthetics.

Treatment Options for Full-Arch Tooth Loss

1. Implant-Supported Dentures

Implant-supported dentures are excellent for patients seeking a secure and stable option. These dentures snap onto strategically placed dental implants, preventing movement and enhancing comfort. Benefits include:
  • Improved stability compared to traditional dentures
  • Enhanced chewing ability
  • No need for adhesives
  • Preserved jawbone structure

2. All-on-4 Dental Implants

The All-on-4 technique uses just four implants to support an entire arch of teeth, providing a permanent and natural-looking restoration. Advantages include:
  • Fewer implants required
  • Faster healing time
  • Restores full functionality
  • Long-lasting and durable

3. Traditional Full Dentures

Traditional dentures for bottom teeth can be a reliable solution for patients seeking an affordable, noninvasive option. These removable appliances replace all missing teeth and restore essential function and aesthetics.
  • Improved stability compared to traditional dentures
  • Enhanced chewing ability
  • No need for adhesives
  • Preserved jawbone structure

What if I’m missing all of my upper teeth?

A similar range of treatment options is also available for your upper jaw or if you are missing two bottom teeth. However, because the bone is not as hard as that in the lower jaw, people often need more implants to support their new replacement teeth. Depending upon the number of implants to be placed, it may be possible to eliminate the need to cover your mouth's roof with a complete denture. This option lets you fully taste your food and gives you a better sense of its temperature. Your denture will feel more natural. You will still have a removable denture, which makes cleaning the support bar and denture much more manageable.

Implant Retained Upper Denture

Depending upon the number of implants to be placed, it may be possible to eliminate the need to cover your mouth's roof with a complete denture or new dental technology for missing teeth. This option lets you fully taste your food and gives you a better sense of its temperature. Your denture will feel more natural. You will still have a removable denture, which makes cleaning the support bar and denture much more manageable.

Individual Upper Implants

If you want a restoration similar to your natural teeth and therefore not removable, you must place eight to ten individual implants. After healing, the abutments and new replacement crowns are placed.

What is an Implant-Supported Overdenture?

An Implant-Supported Overdenture is a contemporary restoration that has revolutionized how surgeons and dentists think of replacing a complete set of teeth. Standard dentures are unsecured prostheses with inherent limitations. Most often, they are painful, inconvenient, and unstable. Such dentures can make chewing food difficult, limiting the food items you once enjoyed. Modern dentistry can help with implant-supported dentures.

The implant-supported overdenture treatment concept replaces your missing teeth with a full dental bridge supported by dental implants. Fewer implants are needed, and overall treatment time and cost are reduced.

An implant-supported overdenture solution also ensures excellent stability in the bone, reducing the need for bone graft surgery to increase bone volume. Implant-supported overdentures stay connected with bar and clip attachment methods or use a variety of abutment-based attachments (ball, magnets, and resilient stud attachments such as Locators).

The most appropriate attachment system for your needs relates to various factors determined early in the treatment. Typically, a temporary set of teeth can be placed on the same day of surgery. The temporary teeth allow you to lead an everyday life immediately after surgery.

After a short healing period, your dentist will place the final bridge. Your quality of life is improved, and you can start enjoying your favorite food again with renewed confidence.

Advantages of Implant-Supported Overdentures:

  • A cost-effective solution: Compared to other implant-supported restoration methods, your new replacement teeth from Branson Dental Center require fewer implants for each jaw. With fewer implants required, the cost is lowered.
  • Reduced need for bone grafting: The unique, angled placement of two implants ensures a secure and stable anchorage for the replaced arch, often making bone grafting unnecessary.
  • Faster treatment and healing time: Your replacement arch can be attached to your implants immediately after insertion.

Scientifically proven and documented Implant-Supported Overdentures have had good clinical outcomes from decade-long studies with favorable results.

Frequently Asked Questions

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1. What are the best solutions for replacing all missing teeth?

If you are missing all your upper or lower teeth, options include full dentures, implant-supported dentures, or full-arch dental implants. Each solution by Branson Dental Center varies in stability, comfort, and longevity, depending on your needs and lifestyle.

2. What are full-arch dental implants, and how do they work?

Full-arch dental implants, also known as All-on-4 or All-on-6, use a set of strategically placed implants to support a fixed denture for all missing teeth. Unlike traditional dentures, they do not require adhesives and provide a permanent, natural-looking solution.

3. How do implant-supported dentures differ from traditional dentures?

Traditional dentures rest on the gums and may require adhesives for stability, while implant-supported dentures are anchored to dental implants, offering more security, better chewing ability, and improved comfort.

4. Am I a candidate for dental implants if I’ve been missing teeth for a long time?

Yes! Even if you’ve been missing teeth for years, you may still be a candidate for bottom teeth dentures or implants. In some cases, bone grafting may be needed to ensure enough jawbone support for the implants.

 

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