Are you considering full mouth restoration for your teeth but are unsure about the process, cost, and other important details? You’re not even certain if it’s the treatment you’re looking for?
Many edentulous people wish to get their teeth restored but don’t know which particular treatment is the best for them (since a lot of treatment terminologies are used in an overlapping manner, leaving patients confused and conflicted). Moreover, the lack of information related to treatment costs adds to the confusion. Similar is the case with full mouth restorations.
This blog will serve as a brief yet comprehensive guide about full mouth restoration, covering basic aspects of it, including full mouth restoration costs.
First Things First: What Is Full Mouth Restoration?
Let’s start with the very basics — understanding what full mouth restoration is.
Full mouth restoration, also typically known as ‘full mouth dental reconstruction’ or ‘full mouth rehabilitation’, is a treatment approach adopted by modern dentists to restore/rebuild all the teeth in a person’s mouth (i.e. all the teeth in their upper and lower jaws).
Note how we have referred to it as a “treatment approach” and not a “singular treatment” because the former term defines it more appropriately — it’s essentially an approach towards rebuilding the entire dental makeup of the mouth, catering to several different dental issues such as:
- Missing/damaged/decayed/broken teeth
- Misaligned or crooked teeth
- Aesthetically compromised teeth
Since it deals with a wide variety of dental issues (aesthetic, functional, occlusal), it combines several different treatments to fix the issues holistically. To restore maximum functionality and aesthetics of your teeth, full mouth restoration may include a combination of the following treatments:
- Dental implants + crowns/bridges/dentures
- Veneers
- Aligners
The goal of full mouth reconstruction, therefore, is to tackle all the many flaws of various kinds found in a person’s teeth and restore their teeth in a harmonious manner using a multi-treatment approach.
How Does Full Mouth Restoration Work?
Unlike other mainstream dental restorative treatments, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to full mouth restoration — every case is assessed individually, and a customized treatment plan is curated according to the specific dental issues of the patient.
And it’s exactly this versatility of the full mouth restoration treatment that makes it so unique and rewarding. You may have 10s of different issues in your teeth, and it will cater to all of them simultaneously and in a wholesome manner.
For example, consider the following case.
A patient has lost one of their lower front teeth in an accident. Moreover, a few of their back teeth are severely decayed, and they are also not satisfied with the appearance of their upper front teeth due to the heavy staining and enamel erosion present on them. Some of the teeth also have natural gaps between them, which harbour food and cause frequent irritation to the patient.
In this scenario, full mouth reconstruction will be recommended. It’ll deal with all of the mentioned issues in the patient’s teeth, restoring all the teeth in their mouth in the following way:
- Dental implant + crown would be placed to fix the tooth that’s been lost to accident.
- The severely decayed back teeth would be assessed. If the extent of the decay is such that the teeth can’t be saved at any cost, then extractions would be performed on the said teeth, followed by the insertion of dental implants and an appropriate prosthesis (which could be a crown or an implant bridge, depending on the location of the decayed teeth).
- The upper front teeth (which are a cause for aesthetic concern for the patient) would also be dealt with separately. Dental veneers might be recommended for these teeth to improve their appearance and aesthetics.
- The natural gaps between the teeth are closed by performing dental bonding on the teeth surrounding the gaps.
By utilizing three different types of treatments (implants + veneers + bonding), the entire functionality and aesthetics of the patient’s teeth have been uplifted without restoring to over-treatment or unnecessarily compromising healthy teeth. All the individual cases are assessed in the same way, and a unique treatment approach is designed for each case.
Modern full mouth restoration follows the principles of conservative dentistry; however, if you wish to go overboard with the results and want a full-blown dental transformation, then such results can be provided, too.
Is Full Mouth Restoration Costly?
The answer can be yes or no, depending on the amount and nature (most importantly) of work required in your teeth. But one thing’s for sure: the cost of full mouth restoration is indeed on the higher side as compared to simple restorative procedures.
And it makes complete sense — the cost of multiple treatments (of various different types) performed on the same patient would obviously be higher than the cost of a singular, isolated treatment performed on the same patient.
If we refer back to the hypothetical example that we discussed earlier, then the cost of the implants, veneers and bonding would all be added up to formulate the treatment cost. Not to mention the fees of the several different specialists (cosmetic dentist, implant surgeon, etc.) that tirelessly worked together to reconstruct the patient’s smile in the most beautiful way possible.
The cost of this treatment, therefore, should not be termed as an expense but rather as an investment that the patient is making in rebuilding their smile.
Conclusion
Full mouth restoration is a modern way of reconstructing the functionality and aesthetics of your teeth to the maximum, and it’s done by intelligently combining multiple treatments of different sorts (including restorative, cosmetic and orthodontic treatments).
For more details about this wholesome treatment, schedule a FREE consultation with AZ Implant Clinic, a premium dental practice located in Phoenix, Arizona. We have a versatile team of implant surgeons, cosmetic dentists and orthodontists who will carefully assess your case and design a customized treatment plan to fully transform your smile.
