Without proper overall treatment planning, dental implants can be financially expensive. Some people choose to have individual teeth replaced as they become lost, and for whom the cost of multiple units is not a fiscal issue.
The effects of multiple single dental units maximise aesthetics, and reproduces the natural occlusion in a way that enhances the health of the remaining natural teeth. |
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Dental plaster cast showing 4 dental crowns, individually retained by 4 underlying implants (shown on laboratory working model of upper jaw). |
Treatment planning by your dentist is designed to achieve three things...
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To define the nature of treatment that individual teeth require, balanced against the effects of such treatment on the overall prognosis for that tooth,
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Design an overall coordination of various individualised treatments, and proportioning those treatments towards acquiring an overall effect and longevity on the function of the entire dentition, and to
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Maximise the effectiveness of treatment in a financial way, so that excessive treatment is avoided, and extreme costs of future and ongoing care subverted.
A good dentist (or any clinician in any field) is often an expert in a certain area, but is also able to coordinate the activities of other experts to achieve a common clinical ideal.
Multiple dental implants seen on OPG, replacing all four anterior teeth, and a first molar in the upper jaw
This ideal rationalisation of dental care is often met by a number of specialists who understand the range of clinical expertise amongst themselves, and are able to integrate and cross-coordinate to achieve a common treatment ideal.
The field of dentistry is complex, and in essence is a large pyramidal stratification of specialists, sub-specialists and coordinating generalists. The proper organisation of endodontic, periodontic, prosthodontic, orthodontic and oral surgical care aims to establish clinical stability, longevity, and cosmesis, and with a maximum reduction in financial, biological and temporal costs.
When considering the benefits of implant reconstruction of your occlusion and smile, understand that the process aims to minimise your costs, whilst maximising the potential of your existing biology.
Click on the following examples to understand the process of multiple dental implants, and the multiple dental practitioners required for coordinated care.
Case 1 This 72 year old male had supervised neglect of his ever deteriorating dentition. Over the years he had come to lose several teeth. As more teeth became lost, others took on ever greater demands and forces, until they too eventually broke and were lost. Concerned of the prospect of wearing a denture, and cautious of dental bridge work (which had previously caused teeth to decay and fail), he sought to have the individual lost teeth replaced through dental implants... Read more
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