Has anyone heard of a Hybrid Denture

[Cassandra J]

Hello all:

 

I have a question:   Just found out from another Dental office I called (they were most helpful) that there is a Hybrid Denture that is not removable. Usually 6 implants per upper and/or  lower.  You just leave it in  and you do have dental visits  for deep cleaning, etc.  You never take out.

 

When you have the implants inserted in you have a temporary denture for abt 4-6 months until your gums are healed for the permanent.

 

I was quoted 5,000 for either the upper or lower (price includes the temporary)  and this does not include the implants. 

 

Has anybody heard of this Hybrid? 

 

Thank you for comments

 

 

[Andrea Cavanaugh]

I know there is a type that you do not remove as for being called Hybrid I do not know.

My periodontist told me they stopped doing those because of the cleaning issues they like the pop off kind because they feel you can clean them better on a daily basis.

I have a friend in CA who had this done with her uppers with only two implants, she is 72 and a long time denture wearer with no bone left she said they placed the implants in her jaw bone. She went through a dental school at a total cost of $3000.00 for the upper. She is very happy with them.

Andie

[Andrea Cavanaugh]

Actually my periodontist's position is even with the implanted denture he does not like to remove the pink palate to soon. I believe he said after 6 months. So basically what he is describing is a denture with implants that is removable but don't jump the gun on removing the palatte. He said you just pop them off at night and clean them real good.

Andie

dentureboy1 said:

when you are headed to dentures your mind plays tricks on you and sometimes people hit the panic button and think they have to have their natural teeth back at any cost so they go with the teeth you cant take out. thing of it is your still wearing a denture you cant take out, you cant really clean under there for one, and i would think last weeks lunch stuck up under there cant be to good for ones breath. the ones ive seen are missing teeth like atleast 4 so you cant chew as far back and they cost a fortune. stick to the tried and ture basics, keep it simple and bypass alot of problems. or give it a shot if you want but i would first start out with normal dentures that are made well then you would proablly think twice about going down this route. or atleast get the ones you can take out yourself.
so the people with implants dont jump down my throat cus implants are good most times i agree but if it was me wearing full upper and lower i would proablly just put in two on the bottom if i had a really resorbed ridge and call it good.
that said off for a deep root planing and scaling, wont be long and ill be able to join the club :)

[Cassandra J]

Thank you-- I was thinking the same thing this morning about those dentures. You can't clean underneath them and for the price I might as well look at some implants. Your right abt the mind playing tricks :))

dentureboy1 said:

when you are headed to dentures your mind plays tricks on you and sometimes people hit the panic button and think they have to have their natural teeth back at any cost so they go with the teeth you cant take out. thing of it is your still wearing a denture you cant take out, you cant really clean under there for one, and i would think last weeks lunch stuck up under there cant be to good for ones breath. the ones ive seen are missing teeth like atleast 4 so you cant chew as far back and they cost a fortune. stick to the tried and ture basics, keep it simple and bypass alot of problems. or give it a shot if you want but i would first start out with normal dentures that are made well then you would proablly think twice about going down this route. or atleast get the ones you can take out yourself.
so the people with implants dont jump down my throat cus implants are good most times i agree but if it was me wearing full upper and lower i would proablly just put in two on the bottom if i had a really resorbed ridge and call it good.
that said off for a deep root planing and scaling, wont be long and ill be able to join the club :)

[Joe]

The only thing I have heard about "hybrids" is when I was talking to my dentist about implants, and from what he said is that there are "mini-implants" that are 2.9mm thick which are the thickest of the mini's but the smallest of the regular implants. I would not go with an implant that was not removable.