Full mouth rehabilitation
For a mouth where nearly every tooth needs something and one-at-a-time has stopped working.
Full mouth rehabilitation is rebuilding most or all of your teeth in a planned order instead of fixing whatever hurts most that month. It is for mouths where decay, wear, gum disease or missing teeth have changed how the whole bite works.
Any of these sound familiar?
- Several teeth are broken, missing or heavily filled and you do not know where to start.
- Old crowns, bridges and fillings are all failing at around the same time.
- Your teeth have worn short over the years and your bite has closed down with them.
- You chew on one side only, or eat around the problem, and have done for a long time.
- You have avoided dentists for years and everything seems to need attention at once.
Start to finish.
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First visit and records
X-rays, photographs and moulds of both jaws, plus an exam of every tooth, your gums, your bite and your jaw joints. Bring your medication list; it changes the order of the work more than most people expect.
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A plan in order
Dr. Malik sorts everything into what is urgent, what rebuilds the bite, and what can wait. You get it in writing, stage by stage, with an estimate for each stage rather than one number at the end.
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Getting stable first
Infection, decay and gum disease are dealt with, and teeth that cannot be saved come out. Loose teeth and untreated gum disease are dealt with before anything is rebuilt on top of them.
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Rebuilding the bite
Fillings, crowns, bridges, implants or dentures go in, usually a section at a time. You wear temporaries first and eat on them for a few weeks, so the new bite is tested before anything is cemented for good.
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Keeping it
A night guard if you grind, and check-ups closer together for the first year. Work this size is protected by maintenance, not left alone.
What it costs, and who pays.
Full mouth rehabilitation runs across many visits, often a year or more, and is billed stage by stage as each part is done. Plans cover part of most procedures but have a yearly limit, so where the stages fall across two benefit years changes what you pay; we plan the order around that. Most insurers want the work approved in advance and we send that request.
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How long does full mouth rehabilitation take?
Usually a year or more, in stages with healing time between them. Anything urgent, like pain, infection or a loose tooth, is handled in the first few weeks rather than waiting for the whole plan.
Do I have to do all of it?
No. The plan comes in order of what matters most and you decide how far down it you go. Dr. Malik tells you which parts hold the rest up and which are optional.
I take several medications. Does that change anything?
It can, and it should. Blood thinners, bone medications and diabetes all affect when extractions and implants happen. Dr. Malik has twenty years with seniors and complicated medical histories, so bring the whole list.
Is this the same as a smile makeover?
A makeover is mostly about how teeth look. A rehabilitation is about how they work, the bite and the jaw joints included, and appearance comes with it.
