There are many people, a surprising number in fact, who are missing many teeth or all their teeth for a long time, and it’s a significant struggle. At Sycamore Family Dentistry, we have many options that can help. There are many people, a surprising number in fact, who have been missing many teeth for many years or have had no teeth for a long time. At our office, we have a variety of solutions that can help. We offer many full-arch solutions here, something as simple as a denture in some cases. There’s pros and cons to that, of course, that we also offer a clip-in smile where the denture can still come in and out, but has implants to support and stabilize all the way up to an all on X or full arch. Typical full arch surgery takes less time than you might think it’s done in a few hours. So which solution will work best for you? Depends both on what you’re looking for, of course, what your oral health is like, how much bone is there or isn’t there, and what timeline you’re looking at going forward with. So, one of the things I like about these options is it can be done strategically. So, you have the option of moving from one plan to the other. So for instance, if right now the clip-on option is the best for you, we try to plan it so that you could easily transition to an all on X or a fixed solution down the road. Many people, when they’re thinking about dentistry or implant options, are concerned about discomfort or the amount of downtime that they’ll experience. I am pleased to let you know that the discomfort is very minimal. We generally have people come back and say that they’re surprised at how easy the process was and how comfortable they were throughout, and that’s one of our priorities is to keep you comfortable and functioning in your life and in your day-to-day routine as much as possible. So, there’s no one size fits all for dentistry and implant dentistry is no different. The factors we look at are your health in general, your bone, the state of the teeth you have left, and we look at all of those things to determine which path is the most effective for you. Implant dentistry is amazing and I really love to see how it transforms someone’s life and their smile. They go from talking to their friends like this or not being willing to go out and be with friends or family at all to resuming their life. They’re able to pick up their social aspects. They’re able to eat with whatever they want comfortably and in a relatively quick period of time. To find out more about full arch dental implants and how it can affect your smile, please give our office a call and set up a consultation.