After your assessment and consultation, if you wish to continue, you will be booked in for your ‘teeth in a day’ procedure. ‘Teeth in a day’ isn’t a single type of procedure but a technique which enables many different dental implant procedures to be carried out in just one day.
There are many different implant procedures, from single-tooth implants, multiple tooth implants, all-on-four, overdentures strengthened by implants and more. Our dental surgeon will talk through your specific treatment with you, explain everything, answer any questions, as well as talk to you about any fears or phobias you may have.
Your dental technician will consult closely with you to match the best shade and shape for your smile and then make your teeth either in their lab or onsite in a mobile dental laboratory from The Hive Dental Laboratory.
Once you have consulted with our team and agreed to a treatment plan, you will be treated for any oral health problems you may have prior to the procedure, if any. If you have requested IV sedation, then an anaesthetist will be arranged for the day of your surgery.
Before the procedure, our dental surgeon will give you a local anaesthetic to numb the area. Depending on the procedure, your dental surgeon will place one, two or multiple dental implants into your jawbone. These will be used to support your teeth.
Our dental surgeon will then take immediate impressions after the implants have been placed so that a provisional crown, bridge or implant-retained denture can be made on-site the same day. The final bridge or crown will be sculpted by our dental technician during the healing process. The provisional is used so that you can have teeth in place during the 4-6 month healing period, which will be very similar to the final teeth, fitted after this healing time.
The provisional bridge is so that patients can see what they like and dislike about their teeth. Things to consider are the colour, shade, shape and position. The final crown, bridge or implant-retained denture is designed in a dental laboratory so that any changes can be made with no delays.
The teeth-in-a-day procedure is not suitable for all patients; this can be for a range of different reasons, from periodontal health to bone recession.
