A-Dental Center offers two different categories of Hybrid Implant Restorations (prosthetics that are supported by screws throughout the entire arch). Full-arch dental implants (also called hybrid implant-based bridge or denture) are an alternative to conventional dentures, providing a permanent solution to missing teeth. Keeping in mind various limitations and drawbacks of conventional removable dentures, today’s dentistry offers dental implants integrated in the design of the denture, enhancing retention, support, and stability purposes. If you have teeth that you do not want removed, but are experiencing significant bone loss, hybrid dentures may be the solution you are looking for. With proper care, a fixed hybrid denture supported by implants and fixed into place can last the rest of your life.
Overall, fixed hybrid dentures offer improved quality of life, confidence, greater eating options, and the same care that someone would give to their natural teeth. All-On-4 Fixed Hybrid Dentures combine the strength of dental implants with permanent, custom-made dentures, providing for restoration of a smile, regardless if one or both arches of teeth are missing. Because All-On-4 implants do not cover the roof of the mouth, you get to enjoy the natural flavors of food, and can more easily chew. Many patients forget that they are wearing a hybrid denture, because it feels, functions, and looks like your natural teeth. With the advent of dental implants, and decades of refinement, we can now connect a prosthetic denture over the implants, thereby giving patients restored esthetics, function, and comfort.
At A-Dental Center, we are capable of using just as few as four implants to support a full-arch prosthesis that mimics the appearance and feeling of long-lasting dental bridges. With the All-On-4 procedure, the idea is that you only need to use four dental implants per arch in order to securely support your custom-made denture prosthesis; however, some patients may need to have an All-On-6 version of this procedure, or even more dental implants, in order to get the best results. Compared with traditional implants, which are placed to replace individual missing teeth (1 implant for each tooth), All-On-4/6 uses implants at specific locations and angles to deliver a force across an entire arch, which allows for full-arch dentures (4 to 6 implants for an entire full-arch of teeth).
It is usually more beneficial for patients who have lost all their teeth in the upper and/or lower jaws to replace them using dental implants supported by a fixed, hybrid denture rather than having a single dental implant for each missing tooth. Once four titanium implants are secured, abutments are attached so that your replacement teeth can be secured and adjusted for maximum comfort and function, giving you an entirely new, radiant smile.
Fixed prosthetics for the restoration of an entirely edentulous arch using four implants may be made of rigid metal usually titanium bonded to resilient and durable resin that is lightweight and highly polishable achieving beautiful esthetics. Fixed implants supported hybrid bridges with teeth have been developed as a better technique to reconstruct a complete arch in both upper and lower jaws.
Unlike fixed implant-supported bridges, hybrid prosthetics replace missing heights in the adipose area with pinkish-colored resin used to support teeth.
