What a Customized Full Mouth Restoration Entails

Oral infections, advanced decay, and gum disease or trauma can have devastating implications for your oral and overall health. When patients experience facial trauma from an accident or have multiple missing teeth or advanced teeth or gum damage affecting both the upper and lower arch, a dental provider may recommend a full mouth restoration procedure. 

In this blog, the board-certified dentist at Central Avenue Dental, which has offices in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City and Valley Stream, New York, explains full mouth restoration and how it can help restore smiles and overall health.

Getting started

Your consultation at Central Avenue Dental involves a thorough oral examination and a discussion of your goals and desires for full-mouth reconstruction.

Typically, you will need a computed tomography (CT) scan, which provides a detailed 3D image of your mouth, showing teeth, gums, jawbones, nerves, and other tissues. You may also require an intraoral scan, which uses a small wand to scan inside your mouth.

The specialists at Central Avenue Dental will create a tailored treatment plan and review it with you, including the projected timeline. In some instances, you can begin treatment immediately if you choose.

Full mouth restoration explained

Complete mouth restoration, sometimes called full mouth reconstruction or full mouth rehabilitation, is a personalized treatment plan that includes multiple procedures designed to restore multiple missing teeth or severed damaged teeth or gums affecting all teeth in the upper and lower jaws.

Due to the complex nature of performing numerous procedures that may include complete reconstruction of failed or damaged teeth and gums, full mouth restoration takes place in phases with grouped procedures, sometimes with weeks or months between appointments to allow for adequate healing. 

Focus on restoring oral health and function

Although full mouth restoration treatment plans often involve cosmetic dentistry services, they focus on stopping oral and dental disease and restoring oral and overall health more than a purely aesthetic smile makeover. Full mouth restoration treatment plans create an ideal bite and facilitate optimal function, with the bonus of restoring a beautiful, esthetically pleasing smile.

Detailed multi-procedure treatment plan

Depending on the severity of the conditions requiring treatment, complete mouth restoration can include a broad range of procedures designed to replace missing or damaged teeth or, in extreme cases, missing oral cavity structures and everything in between.

Typical full-mouth restoration procedures may include:

• Crowns and Bridges
• Veneers
• Dentures, dental implants, or implant restoration
• Root canals
• Periodontal deep cleaning
• Treatment for abscessed teeth
• Jaw alignment
•  Invisalign®
• Gum repair or restoration
• Teeth whitening
• Gum contouring

To learn more about personalized full-mouth rehabilitation, book your consultation with Central Avenue Dental today. We have three convenient locations in Valley Stream, New York, and the Tribeca area of Manhattan. Call us at (848) 222-2984.