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How Painful Are Full Mouth Dental Implants? This is What You Can Expect!
Sonoma Smiles is proud to be the leading dental implant provider in Rohnert Park, California, and the surrounding areas. Dr. Wayne Sutton offers a range of implant dentistry options tailored to restore your smile, regardless of how many teeth you’ve lost. Among our advanced dental solutions, full-mouth dental implants are an innovative approach for replacing teeth for patients with extensive tooth loss.
Despite the advancements in dental technology, many patients still have concerns about whether full-mouth implants are painful. It’s understandable to be apprehensive, as implant placement is a surgical procedure. Keep reading to discover more.
What can I expect from full-mouth dental implants?
The treatment starts with a consultation using advanced dental imaging tools, including a 3D CBCT scanner. Precise planning allows the dentist to place your implant at an optimal angle, depth, and location in the jawbone. This ensures your implants remain optimally aligned and functional without damaging the nerves, sinus walls, and other nearby structures.
Unlike traditional implants, you don’t need an implant for every tooth lost. The dentist uses the fewest implants (mostly 4-6) per arch for full mouth restoration. Technology-guided implant treatment ensures Dr. Wayne Sutton places your implants precisely without spending too much time in the dental chair. After surgery, we’ll restore your implants to reinstate your function and aesthetics.
While conventional dentures effectively replace teeth, they don’t come close to full-mouth implants. Implant-supported dentures are firmly secured in the jawbone to offer stability when eating, talking, or kissing. Don’t expect embarrassing slippages or your restoration flying out when using your teeth.
Actual Patient Results
Are full mouth implants painful?
At Sonoma Smiles, it’s not always about results. We prioritize your comfort. So, when you opt for full mouth implants, you can expect a seamless and comfortable procedure. The dentist provides highly effective anesthetics for a painless experience.
While most patients only need anesthetics, others may need more pain management options. We offer sedation dentistry, including nitrous and oral sedation, to ensure a relaxed, comfortable treatment, even for complex treatments like full-mouth restoration.
What should I expect after my treatment?
After treatment, you’ll likely experience mild pain and swelling when the anesthesia wears off. We ensure your experience is comfortable even after treatment. Our dental team will give you post-op instructions to provide an event-free recovery.
These include:
- Rest adequately to allow your body to heal
- Apply an ice pack on your cheeks and sleep with your head elevated
- Stick to soft foods and liquids for the first few days
- Take the prescribed medications as directed by the dentist
- Observe optimal oral hygiene to prevent infections at the treatment site
- Avoid smoking as tobacco products can slow healing
- Adhere to follow-up appointments
Are you interested in painless dental implants?
Ready to regain your smile and confidence? Sonoma Smiles provides comfortable, stress-free dental implant treatments tailored to your needs. Call (707) 585-2555 to schedule your consultation today and take the first step towards a beautiful, lasting smile!
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A renowned cosmetic dentist in Sonoma County, Dr. Sutton has over 20 years of experience and maintains a standard of excellence at his implant center using the strongest dental implant bridge currently available to provide predictable full mouth dental implant reconstructions.
Dr. Sutton received his postgraduate at The Pacific Aesthetic Continuum in San Francisco and his doctorate and three years of experience as a clinical instructor from UCSF School of Dentistry in 1997, where he was the only one to receive the “Clinical Excellence Award”. He also studied Advanced Occlusion at the Hornbrook Group and earned his Fellowship in the Academy of Comprehensive Esthetics.
Today, Dr. Sutton takes over 4 times the annual continuing education requirements to maintain his license. He is a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation (awarded his Fellowship), the Academy of General Dentistry (Fellowships status), the American Dental Implant Association (Diplomat status), the American Dental Association, the American Academy for Dental Sleep Medicine, and is a select cosmetic dentist recognized as an Official Dentist of the Mrs. Globe – Mrs. USA Pageants.