Full Mouth Dental Implants

Your Three-Stage Transformation Process

Stage 1: Complimentary Consultation and CBCT Scan

The diagnostic stage of the implant process is where we establish if you qualify for dental implants or may need some initial treatments to qualify. Dr. Han determines your eligibility with a 3D scan of your mouth, made possible by our low-radiation cone beam CT scanner. This innovative technology provides a complete view of your dental health and shows the extent of decay or damage below your gums. Dr. Han and our team can then begin planning for your full mouth dental implant placement. Our process involves a who’s who of the dental implant industry, including top-quality BioHorizons® implants and nSequence® guided surgery technology. nSequence provides two benefits that help ensure exceptional results from your procedure. With it, we can do a virtual test run of your implant placement in advance of the actual procedure, allowing us to proactively identify and address any potential problems. Using that information, we can have custom surgical guides created before your next visit, when the surgical stage of your treatment starts.1

Stage 2: Same-Day Results with TeethXpress

On the day of your implant placement, before we perform any procedures, we relax you using one or several anesthesia options . With IV sedation—provided by a certified in-house professional—you won’t be aware of your treatment or feel anything. That’s why it’s sometimes called “sleep sedation.” We can then perform any prerequisite procedures such as tooth extractions to remove remaining decayed teeth and bone grafting to rebuild your jawbone and reposition your sinus after bone loss. If your upper jawbone has decayed significantly, we may recommend zygomatic dental implants. This specialized process may be done with the assistance of an outside provider. We then start implant placement with the acclaimed TeethXpress protocol. The first step of this is placing your customized surgical guides over your gums. Holes in the guides show us precisely where and at what angle and depth to insert screw-like implants, making for a more efficient procedure and more predictable and pleasing results. This is why we use some type of guide for almost all of our implant cases. With the TeethXpress protocol, we can then put temporary restorations on your implant sites so you can eat, speak, and smile with a full set of teeth during healing. With the help of plasma-rich growth factors, added into your surgical sites before restoration, healing can happen more smoothly, too!2

Stage 3: Your Full New Smile, Ready for the World

Following dental implant placement, your jaws may take three months or more to heal completely. During that period, your implants will permanently meld with your jawbone. We’ll place your custom final restorations atop your implants at your next appointment. You’ll then have a full, healthy smile with permanent teeth – something you possibly haven’t experienced in many years. Think about how wonderful that will feel! You’ll leave our office with a new smile on your face, ready to enjoy life to the fullest.

What is prosthodontics, and how do teeth replacement and restoration techniques like All-On-4 work?

Video Transcript

Presenter: A prosthodontist is a dental specialist that has received extensive, highly-focused training in tooth replacement and restoration. Dr. Joon Han is a board-certified prosthodontist, Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics as well as a Fellow of American Prosthodontics. We spoke with Dr. Han at Scharrington Dental to learn about some of the treatments he offers, including many complex treatments such as All-On-4 dental implants.

Dr. Han: Prosthodontics generally refers to the restoration and replacement of missing and damaged teeth. As with any general dentist, I perform a range of restorations. As a highly-trained prosthodontist, I have years of additional training and I spend most of my time treating patients with very complex restorative needs and I’m very uniquely qualified to do these procedures.

I often have patients come here, ‘that I have multiple missing or damaged teeth’. All-On-4 or All-On-6 dental implants are a way of replacing multiple missing teeth with fewer actual implants. This type of full teeth implants are more affordable and faster than traditional, individual implants.

Initially, we perform a consultation with All-on-4 patients to determine the best course of treatment. This includes a 3D CT scan of your mouth with a low radiation, with just two implants positioned at the front of the mouth and two angled implants positioned at the back. Only four implants are needed to provide and support for the full-arch implant restorations. The less invasive nature of All-On-4 also means that our healing and rehabilitation process for the patient is considerably shorter.

Following dental implant placement, the job may take three to four months to heal completely. During that period, the implants will permanently meld with the jaw bone. The final custom restorations will be placed on top of the implants at the next appointment.

Patient: I feel it kind of changed my life in a way. I was always kind of embarrassed of my teeth and my smile, and now I am not. And how can I put a price tag on that? I feel it just improved my life in many ways.

Presenter: Life is too short to not feel completely confident in your smile. Dr. Han and his experienced team members understand the importance of putting their patients first. They want you to enjoy the most effective dental care available.