Could You Be Our Next All-on-X Success Story?

Smile restoration is different for every patient, depending on the patient's smile goals and their current oral health. Thanks to their versatility and effectiveness, dental implants are often the preferred choice of treatment when a patient is missing teeth. Patients missing just one or two teeth can benefit from receiving individual dental implants to replace individual missing teeth. For patients who are missing all or most of their teeth, a slightly different treatment approach, known as " All-on-X" is often the recommended treatment method.  

What Is All-on-X?

All-on-X is a restorative treatment approach to restoring complete arches of teeth with a specific number of dental implants and a permanently fixed denture. Depending on the patient's needs, all-on-x uses four, six, or eight dental implants to support a permanently fixed denture. As a result, just a few dental implants can be used to replace all of a patient's teeth or either the upper or lower arches of teeth.  

Benefits of All-on-X

All-on-X treatment offers several benefits, making it a more desirable treatment option compared to traditional dentures. These benefits include:

• Natural look

• Completely secure feeling

• Work and feel just like natural teeth

• Enjoy all of your favorite foods

• Easier period of adjustment

• Easy oral hygiene

• No painful sores

• No need for sticky dental adhesive

• Maintains jawbone health and natural features

All-on-x eliminates all of the problems and worries of wearing traditional dentures while effectively replacing a person's missing teeth. With All-on-X treatment, the patient's dentures are permanently fixed to dental plants. As a result, they can enjoy a completely secure and comfortable fit that works, looks, and feels just like natural teeth. Plus, treatment with All-on-X delivers stimulation to the jawbone, helping it continue to generate bone mass. This prevents the deterioration of the jawbone and maintains the patient's natural features and bone structure.  

Alternative Treatments

The most popular alternative to All-on-X is the traditional, removable denture. While traditional dentures have improved significantly in recent years, they still result in undesirable issues such as:

• Poor fit

• Movement inside the mouth

• Sores

• Discomfort

• The need for dental adhesive

• Ongoing denture care

• Inability to enjoy all of your favorite foods

• A challenging adjustment period

• Jawbone deterioration

What to Expect During the All-on-X Treatment Process

The process of getting all-on-x treatment is simple and straightforward, but the process requires a few separate steps which can make it fairly lengthy.  

Consultation and Treatment Plan

The first step is the consultation appointment. During this appointment, our dentist will take diagnostic images and examine the patient. We first determine whether the patient is currently a candidate for the treatment process and then develop a personalized treatment plan, outlining the treatment steps, the number of dental implants needed, and their future placement.  

Smile Preparation (Tooth Extraction and Bone Grafting)

Some patients might require preparatory treatments such as tooth extractions or bone grafting procedures. These preparations are done before placing the dental implants and require a period of healing and bone generation.  

Dental Implantation

Once fully prepped, we place the dental implants in a simple oral surgery. Placement is followed by a period of healing when the implants osseointegrate with the jawbone.  

Digital Impressions and Prosthesis Design

Once healed, we take a set of digital impressions and design the patient's denture.

Complete Smile Restoration

Once the patient's custom-designed denture is ready, we schedule a placement procedure. During this procedure, the denture is permanently attached to the dental implants, replacing the patient's teeth and fully restoring the smile.  

Be the Next Smile Restoration Success Story With All-on-X Dental Implants in Columbus

If you've been searching for "dental implants near me" then search no more. At Oral Implant and Reconstructive Dentistry, our dentists are highly skilled in smile restoration. No matter how many teeth you are missing, our team can help reconstruct your smile to restore its full form and function along with your quality of life. With our comprehensive reconstructive, restorative, and cosmetic dental services, we work with each of our patients to turn their story of tooth loss into a smiling story of success.  

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To learn more about smile restoration with dental implants and All-on-X, we welcome you to contact our office in Lewis Center, Ohio and request a consultation today.

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