Treatment Solutions Lower Jaw Of patients Without Teeth

Option 1:  Mini-Implants

• 4 to 6 mini-implants required
• provide improved retention for the denture.
• Questionable osseointegration
• uncertain life-span
• smallest financial investment for the patient

Option 2:  Implant Overdenture

• 2 to 4 dental implants; can use locator abutments, ball abutments or a bar.
• Movement of the denture is still possible during function
• Implants osseointegrate  resulting in a very high degree of success

Option 3:  Implant Over-Denture with Hader Bar

• 4 to 6 dental implants
• very high degree of retention; usually no movement during function
• predictable esthetics
• very high degree of success

Option 4:  Implant supported fixed partial denture

• 6-10 dental implants
• may require bone grafting
• Best of all options under function
• Challenging prosthetics and esthetics
• largest financial investment for patient

The options listed above range from least to most involved. Treatment selection depends on clinical as well as patient factors.