Rootz Dental Care and Implant Center: November 2018

Full mouth reconstruction, rehabilitation and restoration are terms often used interchangeably to describe the process of rebuilding or simultaneously restoring all of the teeth in both the upper and lower jaws.

The need for full mouth rehabilitation may result from:

Teeth that have been lost due to decay or trauma.
Teeth that have been injured or fractured.
Teeth that have become severely worn as a result of long-term acid erosion (foods, beverages, acid reflux) or tooth grinding.
Ongoing complaints of jaw, muscle and headache pain requiring adjustments to the bite (occlusion).

Treatment Options for a full mouth rehabilitation:

A. Fixed prosthesis:

Dental crowns and bridges

Implant supported bridges

Implant supported dentures

Advantages of Fixed prosthesis:

They can greatly improve your smile’s aesthetics.
They are permanent fixtures in your mouth that can vastly improve your speech and chewing abilities compared to missing teeth and even more so than removable dentures.
They are not like removable dentures, which means they cannot fall out.
They can prevent teeth from moving along the jawline where missing teeth once were. Bridges also can prevent further misalignments caused by missing teeth.

B. Removable prosthesis:

complete Denture

Advantages of Removable prosthesis:

They can greatly improve your smile’s aesthetics.
They are removable fixtures that can improve your speech and chewing abilities compared to missing teeth. Since they are removable, they do not need to attach to other natural teeth as dental bridges do

Flexible denture

They can prevent teeth from moving along the jawline where missing teeth once were. Dentures also can prevent further misalignments caused by missing teeth.