{"id":625,"date":"2022-03-03T09:07:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T09:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/?p=625"},"modified":"2024-09-23T07:15:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T06:15:28","slug":"recovery-from-total-tooth-loss-full-mouth-rehabilitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/recovery-from-total-tooth-loss-full-mouth-rehabilitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Recovery from total tooth loss – full mouth rehabilitation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tooth loss can be a very difficult experience to endure, usually due to a systemic condition like gum disease. But you do not have to tolerate receding jawbones or restoratives that cause discomfort. Our full mouth rehabilitation Marylebone<\/a>, with our dentist David Madruga<\/strong>, uses implants to secure a set of premium dentures in place, seamlessly returning form and function back to your mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Limitations of dentures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dentures are extremely timely and certainly have their uses,\nbut the friction sores and eventual loss of underlying bone is one of the\nbiggest drawbacks that can occur with them. In order to hold themselves firmly\nin place, they require a tight fit to the gum. This can initially be very good\nbut the load generated by eating and chewing is spread out over the surface of\nthe gum and is not delivered to the jawbone via roots as it would have been\nbefore tooth loss. With such little load placed on the bone itself,\nreabsorption occurs and as the bone recedes and the gum narrows, so the\ndentures become loose and rub easily, causing chronic ulcers and sores. This\ncan be mitigated with adhesives and by continuing to re-adjust the denture to\nthe changing jawbone, but it is an on-going bugbear of denture users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limitations of single implants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A single implant used as an artificial root for a crown-like\nprosthesis is an excellent way of replacing a single missing tooth from an\notherwise healthy smile. But it has its limitations, the first being that the\nposition of the location of the implant is dictated by the location of the\nmissing tooth. It can be slightly mitigated with focusable and extendable\nconnectors, allowing our dentist to find the areas of higher bone density, but\nit is still highly restrictive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The implant fitting is carried out over two procedures with a 4\nto12 month period in between to allow osseointegration; this is where the titanium\nportion of the implant becomes fully fixed into the jawbone with new bone\ntissue growing around it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The techniques do not scale well and attempting to replace an\nentire set of teeth each on their own \nimplant would be prohibitively expensive for the vast majority of our full mouth rehabilitation Marylebone<\/strong> patients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Implant immobilised dentures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In many ways, we have found that an implant-supported\nimmobilised denture combines some of the best features of both treatments,\nwhile mitigating several of the drawbacks. It combines the stability and\nreliability of a full implant, but with a significantly reduced cost and proven\ntrack record of dentures. Where the implants are placed along the dental arch\nis flexible, allowing the best location to be selected after the areas of high\nbone density are assessed by X-ray. This increases the chances of the implant\nbeing accepted into the jawbone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The implants will support the denture once they are fully\nintegrated, but during this process when your bone is being laid down, they are\nvulnerable to being disturbed because multiple implants are attached to the\nsame denture. However the risks of them twisting are slim to none, allowing\nsame-day procedures, making it one of the best options for full mouth rehabilitation Marylebone<\/strong> at our practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tooth loss can be a very difficult experience to endure, usually due to a systemic condition like gum disease. But you do not have to tolerate receding jawbones or restoratives that cause discomfort. Our full mouth rehabilitation Marylebone, with our dentist David Madruga, uses implants to secure a set of premium dentures in place, seamlessly … Continue reading Recovery from total tooth loss – full mouth rehabilitation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-mouth-rehabilitation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}