An increasingly popular approach in dental implantology is to place a restoration on an implant on the day of implant placement surgery. This is often referred to as a Smile in a Day - or All on 4 - treatment. These dental implant treatments can enable a patient to avoid dentures or missing teeth, and cuts down on the number of procedures required to fully restore your smile.
For patients who are missing the top row of teeth or bottom and top rows of teeth, Smile-In-a-Day dental implants have some advantages over traditional dentures and traditional implants;
The loss of all of the teeth in an upper or lower jaw can be an extremely debilitating experience for anyone who has to go through it. Unfortunately, a denture of the required size can have a significant impact on an individual’s confidence and quality of life - this is where Smile in a Day implants step in.
Which solution is right for you depends on your dental needs and suitability for specific treatments, bone availability and the cost of treatment. Many patients about to lose their teeth have the option of a fixed temporary replacement on the same day as the teeth are extracted and implants placed, often called “Same Day Teeth” or “Teeth in a Day”, which also avoids the wearing of temporary dentures even during the treatment.
Smile in a Day allows patients to dramatically shorten the typical dental implant treatment of around 4 months into an efficient one-day procedure. It is a desirable option because the one-day treatment still achieves a high-quality result with the durability expected of a standard dental implant treatment.