Full mouth reconstruction improves both the appearance and the function of your bite. If you are considering a full mouth restoration, this guide is for you. Read it to learn about the options available at Cancun Dental Specialists.
Full mouth reconstruction, full mouth rehabilitation, and full mouth restoration all refer to the same treatments. These terms indicate extensive, intensive restorative procedures in which the occlusal plane is modified to achieve “equilibration”.
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The consultation fee includes 3D CBCT X-Rays, Periapical X-Rays, intra-oral scanning, surgical guides, models. We offer you a state-of-the-art facility with specific technologies to perform these treatments with precision in short time frames and even transportation from the airport, and to your hotel and appointments in Cancun.
D.D.S. M.S. A.E.G.D. Irma Gavaldon is graduated from two of the top Dental Schools in North America: UNAM (Mexico’s most recognized college), and the University of Michigan, where she received her A.E.G.D. (Advanced Education in General Dentistry) in a two-year program, plus her Master’s Degree in Restorative Dentistry.
To diagnose, plan and execute your dental implants treatment accurately and in shorter times, our dental clinic has the following equipment: 3D CBCT Extra-oral panoramic X-Ray machine (a Carestream CS 9200 3D Machine), Intra-oral scanners, NAVIDENT, surgical guides, and our own full-equipped CAD/CAM laboratory.
While most clinics abroad offer inexpensive dental implant brands, we only work with leading global brands like Nobel Biocare, Straumann, Bicon, and Z-Systems.
We are also the only clinic able to mill in-house titanium superstructures for porcelain layering, and even zirconia superstructures for implant-retained restorations.
The process of getting your Full Mouth Reconstruction can take a week, a month, or several years and may involve work by our Maxillofacial surgeon, Endodontists, and Restorative Specialists.
We have different dental implants procedures that might increase or decrease the cost of your dental implants treatment. To get accurate pricing for your dental implants, please contact one of our patient coordinators, they can give you an estimate before your dental vacation. No treatment plan can be accurate until you have spoken to one of our doctors and had a full evaluation. We are very transparent with our pricing and understand that people are coming this far to save money and receive quality treatment.
As a result of your initial evaluation, certain additional treatments might be necessary to complete your dental work, you can find the prices for them
| Simple Extraction | $60 USD per extraction |
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| Surgical Placement of Implant body | $3,600 USD 4 Implants |
| Bone Graft | $350 USD per CC |
| Reabsorbable Membrane | $100 USD per membrane |
| Aveloplasty / Bone Remodeling | Free CHARGE |
| Intravenous Conscious Sedation / Analgesic | $500 USD |
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| Nitrous (Laughing Gas) | $250 USD |
| Local Anesthesia | FREE Charge |
| Temporary Healing Denture | $580 USD per arch |
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| Immediate Load Denture (with CAD/CAM bar or connectors) | $1,800 USD |
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There are many ways of treating patients depending on budget, preferences, medical conditions, doctor’s opinion, bone quality, infections, and treatment lengths
A typical patient in this category has few posterior teeth and unstable posterior occlusion. There is excessive wear of anterior teeth. Closest speaking space of 3mm and interocclusal distance of 6mm. There is some loss of facial contour that results in drooping of the corners of the mouth.
Patients with dentinogenesis imperfect with excessive occlusal attrition, around 35 years of age, and appearing prognathic in centric occlusion also belong to this category. The closest speaking space of 5mm and interocclusal distance of 9mm indicates there is a loss of occlusal vertical dimensions with concomitant occlusal wear.
Patient has adequate posterior support and history of gradual wear. Closest speaking space of 1 mm and interocclusal distance of 2-3 mm. Continous eruption has maintained occlusal vertical dimension leaving insufficient interocclusal space for restorative material.
Manipulation of mandible into centric relation will often reveal significant anterior slide from centric relation to maximum intercuspation.
Once the dentist obtains all information relevant to the dental treatment, she will develop a comprehensive treatment plan to correct all the problems in your mouth and complete your full mouth reconstruction.
Infection, Missing teeth, treatment times, budget, and availability to travel all contribute to your treatment plan. Treatments plans for full mouth restorations can only be accurately done in the office after being seen by Dr. Irma Gavaldon D.D.S M.S A.E.G.D. Please read our next section which will cover how to diagnose and do a treatment plan for these cases.
Once Dr. Irma Gavaldon obtains all information relevant to the dental treatment, she will develop a comprehensive treatment plan to correct all the problems in your mouth and complete your full mouth reconstruction.
If you have any questions about the procedure or you don’t understand the procedure being described to you, ask us for a detailed written description of the proposed treatment plan so you can review it. This can be helpful if you want to get a second opinion. Be sure you understand the risks and benefits of the recommended procedures and treatments.
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Surgical & Restorative Phases
Oral and systemic health assessment • Facial esthetic evaluation • X-Rays, Panoramic, 3D CBCT Scan (full in-house equipment) • Wax-up (important for an aesthetic outcome for your implant treatment) • Informed consent • Treatment options (restoration materials, implants) • Treatment alternatives.
Our specialists always plan these cases with the most advanced implant planning software • Instruction and motivation on maintaining proper oral hygiene (antibacterial mouthwash, such as Chlorhexidine 0.12% is recommended) • Record of maxillomandibular relations and occlusion • Impression used for fabricating the provisional prosthesis • Surgical guide 3-D printed in-office • Medication (antibiotics and sometimes sedatives)
Local anesthesia is always required (at no cost) • We recommend conscious sedation for these procedures (certified anesthesiologist $500 USD) • Pill Sedation (at no cost) • Choose what option is best for you.
Teeth extraction, Aveloplasty (bone leveling removal of infected tissue) • Alveolectomy (when ridge crest is displayed during smiling) • Bone grafting procedures.
Implant number, position, and design (diameter, length) • Usually, first the mesial implants are placed and last the distal implants • All on 4, All on 5, All on 6, All on 8 • Exposure of implant site – flap or flapless technique.
Bone grafting (socket grafting, with autograft and synthetic alternatives, with or without membrane) • Suture.
Abutments selection (angulation) • Impression and record of maxillomandibular relationship • Design – dental arch length (number of teeth, usually 12 per arch) • Materials – acrylic or PMMA.
Radiological exam • Instructions for oral hygiene, diet (soft diet, for at least 10 weeks), and medication (antibiotics, analgesic drugs) • Informing about the need to make an appointment if bleeding, pain, implant mobility, detachment, or damage of the prosthesis occur • Establishing the next appointment.
Before surgery (three weeks)
Smoking and dental implants don’t go together. Smoking Is The Main Factor For Dental Implant Failure? We know smoking can be difficult to quit but we insist that patients stop smoking at least three weeks before their dental implants.
On unusual occasions, we would ask you to stop smoking sooner, because it can interfere with your recovery, by reducing blood flow, which may prevent the incision from healing. We Highly Recommend You Quit Smoking Once You Commit To Your Dental Treatment.
Before surgery (three weeks)
We know you will be on vacation and the all-inclusive bar might be tempting. You must stay away from any alcoholic beverage for a minimum of five days before your procedure. Alcohol causes increased bleeding, and the chances of infection, as well as depress immune functions and might interfere with wound recovery.
Over-the-counter and prescribed
Please check with your physician about suspending any medication prior to arrival. We Have No Knowledge Of Your Medical History Prior To Your Arrival To Cancun It Is Very Important You Contact Once Of Our Dental Coordinator And Let Them Know What Medicines You Are Taking. Sometimes We Will Ask For A Letter From Your Physician To Suspend Certain Medication During Procedures Or Healing Process.
Before surgery (three weeks)
It is essential that you maintain a healthy food plan. You will be on a soft mechanical diet or modified and adapted to your surgery, so you must follow these instructions. Get protein supplements like Ensure or Boost, as well as soft foods like well-cooked pasta, yogurt, eggs, broths, and soup. We will provide you with a list of dietary suggestions in your post-op packet as well.
Before surgery (two weeks)
Important These medications may cause excessive bleeding.
Before surgery (two weeks)
During this period, we recommend you to take:
Before surgery: One week, until two weeks after surgery
You must eat:
Important Your food plan can useful resource for healing remarkably and decreasing swelling and pain.
Before surgery (one week)
Standards of good oral hygiene are critical for the success and functionality of the implants and restoration. The best way to prevent infection and ensure healing is to keep your mouth clean. Clean your mouth thoroughly after each meal beginning the day after surgery.
Use a soft-bristle toothbrush and toothpaste after meals and at bedtime. The use of a dental Waterpik is highly recommended to irrigate underneath the denture to flush out debris.
After a dental implant surgery is normally pink or blood-tinged saliva for two or three days and does not indicate any problem, even minimal bleeding is expected. In this case, the best way to stop it is by placing a damp piece of gauze and softly biting for 30 minutes while rest keeping your head elevated.
In case the bleeding continues, repeat the gauze step for an additional 30 minutes. The suture material may last from two to three weeks, and you should not pull or cut the sutures by yourself.
After any surgery, swelling is a normal reaction of the body and the first step to healing. In the beginning, swelling will not become visible until 24 hours after your dental implant surgery, and couldn’t reach its peak for two or three days. After this period, the swelling decreases but may persist from seven to 10 days.
You can minimize swelling by applying immediate ice packs to the outside of the face for 20 minutes on, and then 20 minutes off while awake for the first 24 hours.
First of all, remember that all medications must be prescribed and should not exceed the recommended dosage. Because most oral surgery is followed by some amount of discomfort, the surgeon may suggest taking any anti-inflammatory, non-steroidal medication (only if YOU ARE NOT ALLERGIC to it), before the local anesthetic wears off.
In case of intense pain, you should require calm pain medication under prescription, which will cause you to feel drowsy, so you shall not operate any mechanical machinery or drive while taking the prescription. About the post-operative antibiotics, they must be taken as directed and the entire course of the prescription.
For the first weeks after your dental implant surgery, you could also be prescribed an antibacterial mouth rinse which must be used two times a day.
We suggest starting with liquids, after a general anesthetic or conscious IV sedation, and must avoid hot meals or hot liquids while numb. The limited food intake that is required for the first days could be compensated by increasing the fluid intake, with high protein shakes to replace meal supplements.
For the first six weeks you must follow a soft chew diet, so if you cannot cut easily any food, please avoid eating it.
8 hours after your dental implant surgery
For the first 48 hours after your dental implant surgery, you must rest and relax without any physical activity. After these 48 hours, you should resume activity as tolerated.
Eat:
Drink:
When numbness is gone you can increase diet as tolerated by adding soft food
Because by choosing your dental implants in Mexico, you will enjoy savings up to 70% off than in the U.S.A. and Canada, state-of-the-art facilities, accurate, faster dental treatments by certified specialists and even travel assistance.
The actual implant process is done in one day, but we like to have a few extra days so that we can check on your progress before you go home (five to seven days). The more time you can give us the better (for complicated cases including extractions, full mouth cases, or upper and/or lower dentures needed seven days minimum).
We like to factor in a small margin of error in case you need your denture adjusted or to fix a loose stitch, whatever the case may be.
We are not the type of clinic to get you in and out of the door as soon as possible, the doctors want to make sure that your healing correctly before you return home.
This is called immediate load and it is possible for people who are candidates. You must have very good bone quality but even then, we cannot tell if you are eligible for an immediate load until the actual surgery.
If it is possible and this is what you want then we will do so, but if the risk of failure is too high we will not risk it. We want the best outcome for your case.
Yes, the implant needs time to integrate with the bone before we can rehabilitate it. This usually takes about 4-6 months.
If you cannot come back what we can do is send you home with the corresponding abutment so you can have it placed at home when you are ready.
We Guarantee our work for 5 years. If there is a problem that arises due to a fault on our end we will replace the implant at no cost.
We work with Z-SYSTEMS. All of these implants are are made from TZP- A Bio-HIP® zirconium oxide. These are the same implants that the U.S and Canadian dentists use, and is not some cheap material.
Yes this is possible, but it would depend on your remaining bone structure after extraction. In a lot of cases we will place the bone graft and implant after extracting the tooth.
We would have to see an x-ray in order to determine this for certain. In these cases some bone grafting and membrane is usually required.
We use good quality material on our dental implants, so unlike some other clinics in Cancun, we cannot slash our prices.
We also provide all of your transportation once you arrive in Cancun so that you do not have to spend extra cash on taxis and buses.
Also, keep in mind that our prices are all-inclusive, so we do not charge you for periapical X-Rays, consultation, dental related tests, specialist fees, taxes among others.
If you have teeth that are mobile, missing in different locations, or have an infection or serious decay, you may consider a long-term approach to your dental problems by extracting these poorly functioning teeth and performing the All on 4 procedure. With a Fixed denture stabilized with a titanium bar and secured to 4 Implants, you will have the stability and esthetics that you were lacking.
Perhaps your dental issues stem from a joint problem called TMJ and you do not want to crown your teeth in order to restore the bite. Our Maxillofacial Surgeon is qualified to perform Orthognathic Surgery to help correct these TMJ issues. Orthognathic Surgery is usually done after or before an Orthodontic treatment. Contact a Dental Coordinator for questions regarding your case.
Zygomatic dental implants are implants that are much longer than conventional implants (40 mm – 50 mm), and are placed in the dense Zygoma bone or otherwise known as the cheekbone. The advantage of using Zygomatic Implants is that it eliminates the need for procedures like ridge augmentation (Bone Grafting) and/or Sinus Lifting, which would require more surgery and longer healing periods before the placement of the final restoration.
