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Fixed bridge, removable denture, All-on-4, zirconia. The difference is not only price but what happens to the bone.
Compare Your Options
- What Is All-on-4 and How Is It Different from Strategic Implants?All-on-4 carries a fixed bridge on four implants and anchors in spongy bone. A strategic implant locks into the hard outer layer. How the two methods differ, and how to decide.
- What Is All-on-6? How It Differs from All-on-4 and Who It SuitsAll-on-6 replaces the teeth in one jaw with a fixed bridge screwed to six implants. How it differs from a four-implant plan, the bone it needs at the back, what comparative studies have found and how to decide.
- No Teeth Left in My Lower Jaw: Why Won't My Denture Stay In?When a full lower denture will not stay in, it is not the patient's fault but a result of anatomy. Why does a denture that holds in the upper jaw not hold in the lower jaw, and what solutions are there for the lower jaw?
- A Denture That Covers the Palate, or Fixed Teeth on Implants?A denture that covers the palate affects taste, speech and the gag reflex. The bone underneath shrinks, and the denture moves more every year. With fixed teeth, the palate stays uncovered.
- What Is a Precision-Attachment Denture?A removable denture with no visible clasps. How does it stay in place, why is it mistaken for a fixed solution, what does it do to your remaining teeth and how long do the attachments last?
- Types of Dental Implants: Titanium, Zirconia, One-Piece, Two-PieceImplants are grouped by material, number of pieces, size and the bone they anchor in. The difference between titanium and zirconia, and between one-piece and two-piece, and what research says.
- Teeth on Implants: Acrylic, Zirconia or Porcelain?The tooth fitted on an implant is made of acrylic, porcelain fused to metal, zirconia or glass ceramic. How they differ for single teeth and full-mouth bridges, how they fracture and wear, and how to choose.
- A Bridge on Implants or a Removable Denture?Both sit on implants, but one does not come out and the other does. Number of implants, the palate, cleaning, maintenance and cost: a point-by-point comparison.
- Can You Have Fixed Teeth Without Implants?If your own teeth are still there, yes, with a bridge. If there are no teeth left in your mouth to support them, no, and that needs to be said plainly. Which applies in which situation.
- Can I Have a Bridge on My Own Teeth?A bridge uses two sound teeth as supports. When is it possible, what happens to those two teeth, how long does it last and what is its real cost compared with an implant?
- The Real Cost Over Ten Years: Dentures, Bridges, ImplantsThe first payment does not put the three options in the right order. Once replacement, relining, repairs and lost bone are taken into account, the picture changes. How to work out the sums for yourself.
- Single-Tooth Implant or Full-Mouth Solution?It is not the number of missing teeth that decides, but the condition of the teeth you have left. When a single-tooth implant is right, and what piecemeal treatment costs in time and money.
- What Are Zygomatic Implants, and Who Are They For?How zygomatic implants help with severe bone loss in the upper jaw, how they compare with a sinus lift and graft-free placement, and what the evidence shows.
- Zirconia Bridge or Implant? What Decides ItA bridge needs two healthy teeth to be filed down irreversibly and puts no load on the bone beneath it. An implant preserves the bone. When a bridge is still the right choice, and where its limit lies.