Replacing even a single tooth is essential; how about a full set of missing teeth? These white pearls give you more confidence when smiling, support your speech, and help you chew food more easily for better digestion.
When you lose your teeth, you appear older due to the loss of soft tissue support, lowered confidence, and self-esteem while talking and smiling, as well as facing difficulty in correctly pronouncing some letters. You will also likely face digestion and malabsorption issues.
Several options exist for restoring a full arch of missing teeth. While choosing the right one can be challenging due to differences in techniques and costs, this blog will guide you through the various solutions for full-mouth tooth restoration and their prices.
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Different restorative solutions for a full mouth with missing teeth
- Removable acrylic denture
A removable complete denture is the traditional solution for restoring a full arch of missing teeth. It consists of a pink acrylic resin base that supports artificial teeth. The complete denture is a tissue-borne prosthesis gaining its retention through adhesion to the underlying gums and bone, facilitated by a thin film of saliva. Various denture adhesive products are available to improve the retention of acrylic dentures.
They offer several advantages, including affordability, coverage under NHS treatment, and the ability to be repaired if fractured. However, removable complete dentures pose numerous challenges for their wearers, including:
- High chances for slippage during talking or chewing because they depend on their retention on the underlying tissue.
- Soft tissue soreness due to their decreased retention.
- Existence of some food limitations to avoid denture slippage, such as candies and sticky food.
- Frequent need for relining and rebasing because they cause bone resorption, so after some time, the denture becomes ill-fitting.
- Easy breakage: this is why it is essential to take good care while handling them during cleaning.
- Require separate steps of cleaning aside from the oral care.
- Dental implants
A dental implant is a revolutionary tooth replacement solution that involves a minor surgical procedure to insert the implant into the jawbone, where it functions similarly to a natural tooth root. The dental implant is a tapered titanium screw that fuses with the surrounding bone during the healing process, known as osseointegration, allowing it to function as one unit with the jawbone under stress. A restoration is then attached to the top of the dental implant. Dental implants can support various types of restorations to meet specific functional and aesthetic needs.
They offer superior aesthetic restorations, highly stable restorations, durable results, stimulate bone formation, and prevent bone resorption. However, they are significantly more expensive than conventional dentures and require minor surgery for placement.
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Dental implant solutions for restoring a full arch
Several concepts are available for a full arch restoration using dental implants, including
- One implant for every missing tooth
Ideally, each missing tooth is replaced with a single dental implant. This approach is viable when restoring a limited number of missing teeth. However, when restoring a full arch of missing teeth, this method is not ideal due to the high cost and the more invasive surgical procedure required.
- All-on-4 dental implants
The All-on-4 dental implant concept was developed to restore a full arch of missing teeth at a lower cost. Four dental implants are strategically placed in specific locations carefully selected during treatment planning to support the dental restoration.
- All-on-6 dental implants
The All-on-6 dental implant solution is similar to the All-on-4 concept; the primary difference lies in the number of dental implants used. In the All-on-6 procedure, six dental implants are placed instead of four. This provides a more favorable distribution of stress on the jawbone and greater stability for the final restoration.
- Zygomatic implants
Zygomatic implants are an innovative type of dental implant designed to provide enhanced support for the restoration of the maxillary edentulous jaw in cases of severe bone resorption. These implants are longer and anchored in the zygomatic bone, or cheekbone, to provide better support from this dense bone when there is insufficient jawbone to support conventional dental implants. Typically, two zygomatic implants are placed alongside traditional dental implants to improve the retention of the restoration.
Average cost for various full mouth missing teeth replacement solutions
- The average cost of a conventional removable acrylic denture is from £650.00, and an additional £70 for each relining.
- The cost of dental implants varies depending on the number of implants required and the type of final restoration. An implant-retained denture starts at £7,995.00 for one arch and £13,995.00 for both arches. All-on-4 and all-on-6 treatments start from £14,559.00. The average cost for zygomatic implants begins at £12,995.00.
Additional dental implant costs you may need to consider, according to your case
The main prerequisite for dental implants is the existence of sufficient bone to support them. When there is insufficient bone, an additional cost may be added to the total dental implant cost to increase the bone support using additional steps, including:
- Bone graft
A bone graft is a surgical procedure where bone grafts are added to the deficient site to stimulate new bone formation. There are several bone graft materials available, such as bone graft collected from the patient at a distant site (autograft), graft received from another donor (allograft), graft from an animal origin (xenograft), or synthetic bone. The cost of a bone graft is around £400.
- Sinus lift
A sinus lift is a surgical procedure that elevates the floor of the maxillary sinus using a bone graft to create additional space for dental implant placement. This procedure is typically performed when severe bone resorption in the maxillary jawbone prevents adequate support for dental implants. The average cost of a sinus lift procedure is approximately £600.00 per sinus.
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