A dental implant is a titanium metal medical grade dental screw. We use it to serve as a permanent post in your mouth. Once the post is stabilized into the bone, it can be used to attach dental prosthetics to. In some implant procedures, there are some preparatory steps, such as a bone graft, followed by a period of healing of the bone tissue. For patients having a fixed denture stabilized, we offer a system known as Teeth in a Day, meaning that the entire placement of implants and the prosthetic denture is done all in one procedure in one day. This is also known as immediate load dentures, implant anchored dentures, or fixed dentures. Following surgery, the patient will still need to use caution in the foods they eat while the bone heals, but the difference between retained dentures and loose dentures will be significant.

• Traditional (Loose) Dentures: Traditional dentures are held in place with suction and the assistance of a store-bought adhesive. Patients who wear dentures with this system rarely find them to be comfortable or functional. Loose dentures are known to move, rock around, cause sores on the gums, get food trapped beneath, and most frightening of all, come out. This can all be a huge problem for the denture wearer.
• Fixed Dentures (Teeth in a Day): Fixed dentures that have been retained with dental implants are either non-removable or retained through a clasping system, allowing the wearer to remove their denture by their choice for cleaning. This stability means the patient will have increased comfort, be more used to their device allowing for better speech and chewing function, and increased confidence in their device staying in place. Teeth in a Day is a fixed-denture system that uses implants and has very high rate of success. More than 98% of wearers find success in treatment, making it the most successful dental restoration of all treatments.

Teeth in a Day may not be the right option for everyone. Success for this treatment relies on the patient’s ability to heal properly. Though treatment can be very successful for medically delicate patients; they do need to be able to heal. Patients who smoke tobacco, suffer from uncontrolled diabetes, are receiving cancer treatment and take certain medications may be suffering from difficulty in healing. Working with your physician, we may be able to work out a plan to increase healing and then proceed. The more medical information you share with us, the increased chance of successful implantation.