There are a variety of options.
We can make something extremely popular with all the dentists who are just breaking into doing implants – a denture that snaps in and snaps out. The problem is they still have a denture: lots of maintenance, lots of money out of the pocket.
If you are going to a center, you need to make sure you find someone who’s experienced with a full arch of teeth that’s fixed – that don’t come in and out. That’s what people want anyway!
So for the lower, literally four implants, full-arch of teeth, locked in. The upper is what these dentures LOVE even more because their pallet is no longer covered. And again maybe 4 to 6 implants and they have fixed teeth that don’t come out.
And here’s how we do it:
We make them a temporary set of teeth that builds out their face, so they actually get to see what they’re going to look like in advance.
Once we get the smile right and the way that comes together right (I could bore you out of your mind on the bite), then literally, if it’s Monday on Wednesday, they have their brand new final set of teeth.
They look in that mirror, and you can just see it in their faces. For these people, it’s like the first day of the rest of their lives.