Full-Arch Implant Reconstruction in New York

When every tooth in a jaw is missing, failing, or beyond saving, a fixed bridge anchored to dental implants is the closest thing dentistry offers to having your own teeth back.

Before implants there was no fixed option for a patient who had lost a full arch. The choice was a denture that rested on the gum, moved when it was used, and did nothing to stop the jawbone shrinking underneath it. Today a full jaw can be rebuilt on implants as a permanent, stable restoration.

What it gives you

• Teeth that stay in place, so you can eat without planning around them
• Force transmitted into the jawbone, which helps preserve bone and facial shape
• A restoration designed for how your face looks and moves, not only for how your jaw closes
• A solution intended to last, and to be maintained rather than replaced

Why the planning matters more than the surgery

The visible part of this treatment is the surgery. The part that determines whether it succeeds is the planning that happens first.

Dr. Lal’s clinical and academic work is in exactly this: designing the finished bite, then placing the implants to support it. The alternative, placing implants where the bone is most convenient and designing teeth around them afterwards, is how patients end up with a restoration that is difficult to clean, difficult to repair, or simply does not look like it belongs to them.

Who this is for

Patients who have lost most or all of the teeth in a jaw. Patients whose teeth are failing together, from advanced gum disease, long-term wear, or a lifetime of repeated repairs. Patients who currently wear a full denture and want something fixed.

It is also for patients who have had implant treatment elsewhere that has not worked out. Reconstruction after unsuccessful work is a substantial part of a prosthodontic practice.