FULL MOUTH IMPLANT TIMELINE
The condition of the jaw, the wait after extraction, and the order in which the sinus lift proceeds decide the timeline. The temporary tooth conditions decide how you manage while you wait.
Timeline
Full-mouth implants are not finished on the day of placement; the implants need time to bond with the bone. We expect about 4 months from placement to the final prosthesis for the lower jaw and about 4–8 months for the upper jaw, and if the sinus lift is done first, we explain the total period from the first surgery separately. If the remaining teeth must be extracted and you must wait, that period is added to the front, and the temporary tooth conditions decide how you manage while you wait.
CT Planning
At the first consultation, we look at the condition of each jaw and the remaining teeth on a 3D CBCT and tell you together how many months the course will be.
By Jaw
These are which jaw it is, whether you extract the remaining teeth and wait, and whether the sinus lift is done first.
For the lower jaw, we expect about 4 months from placement to the final prosthesis. Once 4 implants that meet the conditions are secured, a fixed temporary tooth is attached from the same day to 1 week, and this applied to about 90% of Yeonhap Dental Clinic's lower full-arch cases.
For the upper jaw, we expect about 4–8 months from placement to the final prosthesis, and if the sinus lift is done first, we explain the total period from the first surgery separately. An upper jaw where a sinus lift was also done does not get a temporary tooth right away and is managed with a temporary denture.
If the infection can be removed and initial stability secured, we place on the day of extraction to reduce the wait after extraction. If that is difficult, we wait 2 months for front teeth and more than 3 months for molars before placing, and you wear a temporary denture in the meantime.
While Waiting
These are the rules for the several months you live with temporary teeth, and the check-ups after the final prosthesis.
Start with soft foods and put off hard or tough foods until after the final prosthesis. Be sure to avoid alcohol and cigarettes for 1 week after surgery, and we recommend staying off them for about a month; if the temporary tooth loosens or breaks, come in right away to have it adjusted.
A three-piece fixed prosthesis starts with 12 artificial teeth, and if after trying it you want more, one implant is added at each side's 7th tooth position. Check-ups are every 6 months. Roughly 1 in 10 people add them, and even if added later, the total number of implants is the same as if 14 had been planned from the start.
Before Visit
Bring them if you have them. Even if not, we calculate from the first-day CBCT.
Period: Counting from the day of placement, about 4 months to the final prosthesis for the lower jaw and about 4–8 months for the upper jaw. If the sinus lift is done first, we explain the total period from the first surgery separately, and estimates by starting point are in the timeline guide. Remaining teeth: If the infection can be removed and initial stability secured, we place on the day of extraction to reduce the wait after extraction; if difficult, we wait 2 months for front teeth and more than 3 months for molars before placing. The conditions are in the guide to immediate implants after extraction. Temporary teeth: Once implants that meet the conditions are secured (4 in the lower jaw, 6 in the upper jaw), from the same day to 1 week; if not, or in an upper jaw where a sinus lift was also done, a temporary denture. Check-ups and additions: Check-ups every 6 months after the final prosthesis, and for a three-piece fixed prosthesis, after trying it with 12 teeth, one more implant can be added at each side's 7th tooth position if you wish.
The period we give is Yeonhap Dental Clinic's expected schedule counted from the day of placement, including healing and prosthesis fabrication, and if the sinus lift is done first, we explain the total period from the first surgery separately. The figures of about 90% and 1 in 10 are experience figures from Yeonhap Dental Clinic's full-arch cases. We referred to Gallucci 2014 for the immediate loading conditions and to Chrcanovic 2015 for the risk of implant failure with smoking. For this reason, Yeonhap Dental Clinic gives the expected period in the order of jaw condition, wait after extraction, and sinus lift, and uses the temporary tooth conditions to set the plan for the time you wait. References: Gallucci 2014, consensus statement on implant loading protocols · Chrcanovic 2015, meta-analysis of smoking and implant failure The placement sites in the lower and upper jaws and the plan for treating both jaws together are in the guides under the related links below. Treatment results and period may vary by individual oral condition. The applicable methods and course differ from person to person depending on the remaining bone and systemic condition.
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