At Center for Dental Health La Jolla, we strive to offer the best dental solutions to our clients. Focusing on ensuring our patients’ dental health, we take pride in customizing the best-in-quality dentures. These implant-supported dentures are called hybrid dentures or “All-on-Four”, because you can get the upper or lower set of teeth fixed on just four dental implants. They are highly stable and do not require frequent visits to the dentist.
These hybrid dentures are high-quality restorations for patients with missing teeth on the upper or lower jaw. They rest over the gums fused to a small titanium screw positioned into the jawbone. In this process, a full arch rehabilitation takes 4-8 implants to support a set of prosthetic teeth. Since traditional dentures are removable, they tend to move, while you eat and talk. If they come off, you need to put them back using a specialized adhesive.
Alternatively, All-on-Four hybrid dentures are irremovable and firmly attached to your jawbone. You can enjoy chewy, crunchy, and solid foods without worrying about the dentures moving or slipping out of place. Dental implants promote bone growth and prevent resorption of the jawbone. As a result, hybrid dentures help maintain your facial structure.
What are the benefits of hybrid dentures?
In addition to stability, All-in-One hybrid dentures offer the following benefits:
- They prevent gum tissue irritation, because they do not move or slip.
- They look and feel like your natural teeth. You can eat whatever you like, as the firmness of hybrid dentures ensures a stronger bite force.
- You can brush and floss your them like natural teeth.
- They do not cover the soft palate of your mouth, thus allowing you to enjoy your food.
- There is no need to use adhesives to seal them to the jawbone.
- They are more durable and last up to ten years; traditional dentures need replacement every five to eight years.
- They help you look younger by preserving your jawbone density.