Stabilized Dentures With Mini Implants Improve Your Everyday Life

When the word “loose” is attached to a phrase, it often has negative connotations. For example, pulling a loose thread on a piece of clothing can unravel the stitching. A container of loose items is random and unorganized. If a prisoner gets loose, it means they’ve escaped confinement. This line of thinking carries over into the world of dentures. If your dentures come loose, they’ve lost their fit and are at risk of moving around or even falling out of your mouth! Not only does this make simple activities like eating and speaking more difficult, it can cause frustration and soreness and negatively affect your quality of life. Luckily, mini dental implants can provide you with stabilized dentures, ending the frustration of loose dental prosthetics.

What Are Stabilized Dentures?

Traditional removable dentures sit on your gums for support, and they rely on that connection and suction within your mouth for stability. The problem with that is it depends on the contour of your denture to perfectly match the contour of your jawbone and gums. Unfortunately, when you lose your teeth and don’t replace the tooth roots, it causes your jawbone to deteriorate. This deterioration changes your facial structure and greatly affects how your dentures fit. They’ll begin to slide around in your mouth, becoming what we call loose or floating dentures, and will cause sores and irritation to your gums. Their instability makes it harder to chew complex foods and creates embarrassing moments when they move around unexpectedly.

You can try different options to fix this problem, such as denture relining or messy adhesives, but these are only temporary solutions. To fully deal with the issue of loose dentures, you need some way to replace your tooth roots and create a stronger connection.

Mini dental implants connect dentures to the jawbone, giving them a stable anchor point and eliminating movement. These slim titanium posts support various tooth replacement options, such as crowns, bridges, and dentures, and provide far more stability and functionality than older, more traditional solutions. Mini implants turn your loose denture into a stabilized denture, eliminating uncertainty and frustration.

Understanding Mini Dental Implants

You may have heard of dental implants, as that technology has existed since the 1960s. However, like all technology, dental implants have evolved, resulting in the sleek, efficient design of mini dental implants. As the Mini Dental Implant Center of America in Wayne, NJ, our practice specializes in using mini implants in our restorative dentistry solutions. We prefer them because they come with many oral health and quality of life benefits over their larger predecessors.

1. Minimally invasive placement: Are you nervous about invasive or lengthy dental procedures? We have good news—mini implants don’t require incisions, stitches, or additional procedures like bone grafts. We only need to drill a tiny pilot hole, which we’ll do painlessly with a local anesthetic, and we can place the implant quickly. This also causes less discomfort after the procedure, with most patients returning to normal activities within 24-48 hours.
2. Faster healing timeline: Because of its smaller size, a mini implant takes less time to fuse with your jawbone. The osseointegration will be complete in a few weeks, compared to three months or more with conventional implants.
3. Instant results: We can load a crown, bridge, or denture immediately after placing your implant so you can enjoy your new teeth much more quickly.
4. Lower overall cost: Mini implants are less expensive than traditional implants thanks to lower manufacturing costs, a simpler placement process, and fewer required appointments. This makes them an option for a wider range of potential patients.

Different Types of Stabilized Dentures

Implant dentures are the official name for dentures stabilized with mini implants. They come in different options, depending on how many implants we use and the style of denture you want.

• Snap-on dentures: If you want a more stable but still removable denture, implant-retained dentures are an excellent choice. They connect to 4-8 mini implants for support but are removable at night for cleaning. This prosthetic still has some of the pink plastic base of traditional dentures, but it eliminates the palate section, allowing you to taste food more naturally.
• Fix on Six®: These dentures are the evolution of the All on 4® system, which uses larger conventional implants. It’s a zirconia roundhouse bridge, which eliminates the pink plastic base and consists of just the teeth. We connect the denture to 6-10 mini implants, and only a dentist will remove it at your regular checkup for professional cleaning.
• Non-removable roundhouse bridge: As the name suggests, we cement the dentures to 10-12 mini implants and do not remove them. They provide the highest levels of stability and functionality, and they look and feel like your natural teeth.

Schedule Your Free Consultation Today

If you’re seeking a stable tooth replacement solution or are just sick of dealing with loose dentures, consider stabilized dentures with mini dental implants. These dentures won’t slide around in your mouth and offer a much closer look and feel to your original teeth. Contact Fine Dental Care today to schedule your free consultation and start the journey toward a more confident smile!

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