Consultation and scan
Dr. Nahlah examines your mouth, checks how your present denture fits and takes a cone-beam scan of the jaw. You leave with the options that suit you, the price of each and the time each one takes.
Implant Dentures in McLean, VA
A denture that clips into place.
Snap-in dentures on two or more implants, planned by a board-certified prosthodontist in Tysons.
Snap-In Dentures
What an implant denture is, and who it suits.
An implant denture, often called a snap-in denture, is a removable denture that clips onto two or more implants in the jaw instead of sitting loose on the gums. It holds still while you eat and talk, lifts out for cleaning, and the implants give the bone a load again. At the Tysons Corner office it is usually weighed up by people with:
- A denture that rubs, rocks or needs adhesive to stay in
- Bone that has receded under a denture, measured on the scan first
- A preference for teeth you can take out, at a moderate cost
- A plan from another practice they would like checked
Snap-In Or Fixed
Three answers to a loose denture, and how to pick one.
A relined or new denture is the smallest outlay. It still rests on the gums, so it keeps moving and the ridge under it keeps shrinking, and relines become part of the routine.
A snap-in denture costs more than a denture alone and less than fixed teeth. It clips onto at least two implants, so it stops sliding, yet you still take it out to clean it, and it may want a reline now and then.
A fixed arch is fastened to four to eight implants and never comes out; it is the largest investment of the three. Which one fits you comes from your scan, your bone and how you feel about teeth you remove.
All-on-4 in McLeanYour Visits
Three stages at Jones Branch Drive, in this order.
Nothing is placed until the scan has been read and the plan agreed with you. If a tooth must come out or bone must be rebuilt, that comes first, and a graft adds several months of healing.
Implant placement
The implants go in through a guide printed from your scan, under local anesthetic with nitrous oxide or oral sedation. In most cases you go home wearing temporary teeth.
The denture clips on
Once the implants have fused with the bone, about four months later, the denture is fitted to them and its bite checked and adjusted.
Six Suites And A Lab
Planned, placed and made on one floor in Tysons.
The Tysons Corner office holds six surgical suites and a dental laboratory, so the scan, the implant surgery and the design of your denture happen in one place, under one specialist's responsibility.
When a denture needs its fit or bite changed, the people who made it are down the hall: an adjustment takes days, not the weeks an outside lab would add.
- One specialist plans the implants and the denture
- Fit and shade settled face to face, not on a lab form
- Fewer appointments from scan to finished denture
The Fixed Alternative
Upper and lower teeth rebuilt on implants here.
If you would rather have teeth that never come out, this is what a fixed result looks like. The double-arch case below was treated at the practice.
BeforeAfter
After Surgery
The months while the implants settle.
The implants take about four months to fuse with the bone. Most patients leave surgery with temporary teeth and wear them in the meantime; the practice sees you along the way.
- Soft food while the implants take hold
- Back to normal activity within about a week, for most people
- Minor soreness, usually eased by over-the-counter medication
- Short reviews to check that the bone is healing
- A ride home arranged if you had oral sedation
Then the denture is clipped onto the implants. It comes out every day to be cleaned, and a cleaning here every six months keeps the five-year warranty on the implant work in force.
Getting Here
Suite 220 at 7901 Jones Branch Drive, McLean.
- New patients (703) 448-3312; current patients (571) 702-9832
- Parking under the building; the practice is on the second floor
- Monday to Thursday 8 am to 5 pm, Friday 8 am to 2 pm
- The nearer office for McLean, Vienna, Great Falls, Falls Church and Reston
- Your scan gone through with you in a private room
Questions
Implant dentures in McLean: questions.
Where can I get implant dentures in McLean?
At Dr. Nahlah's Tysons Corner office, Suite 220 at 7901 Jones Branch Drive, on the second floor with parking under the building. New patients call (703) 448-3312.The Tysons Corner office →
How many implants does a snap-in denture need?
Two or more in the jaw, placed where the scan shows bone that can hold them. Fixed teeth, by contrast, sit on four to eight.
Should I choose a snap-in denture or All-on-4?
If you are content to lift your teeth out each night to clean them, a snap-in denture is the simpler and less costly route. If you want teeth that stay in, an All-on-4 arch is fixed to the implants and costs more. Your scan and your priorities settle it.All-on-4 in McLean →
Can I be sedated while the implants go in?
Yes: nitrous oxide, or oral sedation for a deeper calm, both given by the practice's own team. IV sedation is not offered. After oral sedation, someone has to drive you there and back.Sedation options →
What decides the cost of an implant denture?
How many implants your jaw needs, whether teeth have to come out or bone has to be built up first, and what the denture is made of. Your figure is set at the consultation; the office takes most PPO plans and files the claim for you, and a financial coordinator helps with financing.Cost and financing →
Is the implant work under warranty?
Yes. Implant work done here carries the practice's five-year warranty, kept in force by a cleaning every six months.The five-year warranty →
Where to go next.
Book an implant denture consultation in McLean.
New patients call (703) 448-3312, or book online with the Tysons Corner office.
Tysons Corner · McLean
Dr. Nahlah Implants and Prosthodontics Specialists7901 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 220
McLean, VA 22102
New patients(703) 448-3312
Current patients(571) 702-9832
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