If you plan to get implant dentures, you’ve made a wise move. You can trust these prosthetics to make your smile whole and beautiful for years! Even so, you should learn how long treatment will take first; you can then plan your full procedure accordingly. Your Manchester dentist will gladly help you start this work if you’d like. To that end, here’s a primer on how long it’ll take for you to get implant dentures.
Context: The Implant Denture Process
The treatment timeline for implant dentures depends on their treatment process. So, you must learn the latter before you can grasp the former.
Any implant denture treatment will include several key steps. The first is an initial consultation, which will confirm whether implant dentures fit your needs. Next is the dental implant surgery and the recovery process that comes after it. From there, you’ll undergo a second surgery that places your implants’ abutments – caps that look like natural teeth. The final step is the attachment of dentures to your complete dental implants.
Depending on your case, the implant denture process can feature “extra” measures. You may need to undergo bone grafts if your jawbone lacks density. Similarly, the dentist could perform periodontal therapy before implant surgery.
Implant Dentures’ Treatment Timeline
Due to the steps involved, getting an implant denture usually takes six months to a year. The exact timeline varies from one patient to the next.
Note that implant denture treatment isn’t something a dentist can rush. After receiving their dental implants, patients must wait at least six months for the posts to fuse with their jawbone. Placing the final denture before the fusion ends would cause treatment failure, forcing you to redo everything. That would be a waste of time, money, and effort.
To learn your own implant dentures’ treatment timeline, consult your dental provider. They can give you a precise estimate of how long you’ll need to wait.
Why Bother with Implant Dentures?
Despite their lengthy treatment time, implant dentures are still worth getting. These unique restorations offer benefits like:
- Easier Eating & Speaking – An implant denture restores much of your bite force, and its teeth work like natural ones. That means the device lets you eat and speak as you normally would.
- A Younger Face – Since its dental implants fuse with your jaw, an implant denture prevents (and reverses) facial collapse. The result is that treatment keeps your face firm and young-looking.
- Low Maintenance – Unlike other replacement teeth, implant dentures don’t require creams and adhesives. You can maintain them with twice-daily brushing, once-daily flossing, and oral rinses.
- Long-Lasting Results – Given care, an implant denture can potentially last 30 years or more.
Any time you take to get implant dentures is well spent. So, talk to your local dentist about treatment soon!
About the Practice
Webster Dental Associates of Manchester is based in Manchester, NH. Led by Dr. Golparvar, our practice aims to give patients the healthiest and prettiest smiles possible. We thus offer tailored treatments that span preventive, cosmetic, and restorative dentistry, as well as emergency oral care. This wide-ranging set of services ensures your grin always gets what it needs. For more details or to book a visit, please contact us on our website or by phone at (603)-669-4252.