Overdentures in NYC and Manhattan
Missing teeth aren’t only detrimental to your physical health, but to your quality of life, too. Without the proper support for your jaw, even your facial features start to droop in the absence of teeth. That’s why it is vital that you find the best method for you to restore your smile. At Rockefeller Cosmetic Dentistry, we offer a wide range of affordable cosmetic dental options for tooth restoration, but none quite as long-lasting, comfortable, or advantageous as overdentures.
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Overdentures
Also known as overlay dentures, overdentures are a set of custom-made replacement teeth supported by remaining natural teeth or small titanium anchors called dental implants that are permanently placed in your upper and lower jaw bone. Overdenture implant therapy is prescribed to patients like yourself who are missing several or all of your teeth, allowing you to regain the quality of life you may have lost along with your teeth.
Advantages Of Overdentures
Advantages Of Overdentures
Improved stress distribution for jaw comfort.
Implants distribute chewing stresses for balanced, stable function. As a result, your jaw muscles and joints stay comfortable.
More Comfortable.
Implants secure the overdenture with much more stability than denture adhesive pastes. Eliminating unnecessary movement reduces painful sores from dentures rubbing against your gums.
Promotes healthy digestion.
Promotes strong digestion. Increased stability from implant support allows overdentures to fit better and move less. A stable denture results in better chewing, the first step for digestion.
Retains facial structure and features.
Along with the slowing of bone loss, overdentures ensure that your face maintains its natural shape. Faces naturally sink when teeth aren’t present to support the cheeks and lips. Overdentures help erases years from your appearance.
Slows bone loss.
Overdentures create pressure on your jaw when you talk and chew, and these forces promote bone formation. Resorption (shrinkage) of the jaw bone dramatically slows with a continuous function.
Disadvantages Of
Overdentures
Disadvantages Of Overdentures
Increased risk of cavities.
Overdentures permanently cover underlying teeth, so you must practice excellent oral hygiene to keep cavities from damaging the supporting teeth.
More challenging to fit
Additional steps and contours make overdentures more challenging to fit than traditional full-mouth dentures.
More expensive than dentures.
Overdentures require healthy underlying teeth for support. Specialized components with additional costs may be needed.
More treatment steps
Other appointments may be necessary to complete an overdenture procedure.
Not suitable for all patients.
Good oral hygiene, healthy remaining natural teeth, and the absence of periodontal (gum) diseases are requirements for overdentures.equired to receive overdenture therapy.
The Process of Getting Overdentures
It generally takes 5-7 months to fully install your overdentures (including all consultations, surgeries, and the actual overdenture placement) due to a variety of factors including necessary preliminary procedures (longer time if you need a bone graft, for instance). However, it’s well worth waiting for the end results — plus you’ll get a temporary denture for the interim.
During your first appointment, you will meet with one of our dental specialists who will review your dental history. Our staff will then capture X-Rays, perform a CT (computer tomography) scan of your mouth, and take impressions of your teeth/gums to create the perfect overdenture for your specific dental situation. A temporary denture will be created and given to you, which will also be used as a prototype for your permanent overdentures. That way, we will be able to evaluate the best placement for your implants in addition to gaining an accurate read on how well your dentures will fit.
One month later, we will schedule your first surgical appointment, where your assigned dental professional will place the implants into the jawbone. It is recommended that you avoid putting any unnecessary pressure onto the implants — your temporary denture will be suited to withstand pressure elsewhere on your jaw. After your first procedure, your dentist will wait 3-4 months if implants were inserted into your lower jaw and 5-6 months if they were placed in your upper jaw. This time allows for the bone and implants to bond to one another, providing a steady base for your next procedure day,
At your second surgical appointment (in 3-6 months), your dentist will take another set of X-Rays to determine if the implants are ready to receive caps. Once you are approved to move forward, your dentist will then expose the tops of the implants and place a collar (healing cap) on each head, which serves to guide the healing process of your gums.
