Many denture wearers hate their dentures. They move around while they are talking or eating and come out at embarrassing times. Then there is the very serious issue of facial collapse. What happens to a denture patient over the course of ten to twenty years is that their jawbone shrinks. This condition can become so bad that it can become impossible to wear a denture. Visit our facial collapse page to learn more about this condition.
Many denture patients or candidates would love to have dental implants. The problem is, they simply can afford it.
Affordable Dental Implants Options
Dr. Collins offers a more affordable implant option, called mini implants. They are half the cost of standard dental implants. The root form is much smaller than a conventional implant, making the surgery required much simpler and the overall healing time much faster. Shown in the image to the right, you can see how small a mini implant really is.
Photo courtesy of IMTEC Corporation.
To learn more about this affordable option, please visit our mini implants page.
Implant overdentures are another option that we offer. An overdenture will stabilize your denture and in turn will improve your chewing efficiency, prevent facial collapse, and restore your confidence. We can use standard dental implants or mini implants for this procedure. The total cost is proportional to the number of implants that are placed. Even the placement of just two implants will help anchor your denture significantly.
To learn more, please visit our implant-supported overdentures page.
If you are price-shopping when it comes to dental implants, we strongly advise that you be cautious. Experience matters and it can be affordable if you can get mini implants or fewer standard implants placed by a dentist with strong implant credentials like Dr. Collins. But when they are done by a dentist without the necessary training and experience, the cost can skyrocket when you encounter problems. We have heard of horror stories where implants have become loose or even fell out, or others that have been misplaced in the sinuses.
There are cheap alternatives out there. Quality dental implant fixtures may cost more, but their effectiveness over time is worth it. When a dentist compromises on quality, a substandard product can result in serious and costly problems like infection or nerve damage in the face.