YES! It takes a one-day surgery to transform you from your current smile to full dental implants process. Dr. Gordon has been performing the “teeth in a day” procedure since 2014. We like to do all the main surgery in one day so out with the bad teeth and in with new dental implants in on surgery.

All of your procedures from start to finish are completed personally by Dr. Philip Gordon in his office at the corner of Leawood, Prairie Village, and Overland Park, Kansas, at 95th Street and Mission Road. We have an excellent sterile surgical suite and highly trained expert dental assistants.

Because Dr. Gordon does this routinely, our cost is usually lower than most other practices.  This is because we have experience and safe systems in place specifically for full arch restoration.

If your case requires extra sinus lifts or other circumstances it may be slightly more costly than one that only requires traditional/regular implants. Payment plans and financing are available.

No, Dr. Goron has a reputation for making this procedure much better than you think! You will be sedated under oral or IV sedation.  Pain will be prevented/reduced from the surgical technique, special anesthetic, antibiotics, steroids, and pain medicine.  Most patients will only use Tylenol and Ibuprofen including those that had both arches.

While you are under oral or IV sedation, your remaining teeth (even if infected) and/or bad implants will be removed, and new implants placed.  A temporary set of teeth will be delivered giving you a complete smile in a day.

Most patients will need some minor extraction sockets grafted to speed bone healing.  This is included in your cost unless “major” grafting is needed.  Major grafting on the upper can be done with sinus or nasal grafts.  These are extremely specialized techniques that Dr. Gordon teaches to other dentists.

For the last 15 years, Dr. Gordon has a 98% success rate using 4 to 6 implants for upper bridges and 4 to 6 implants for lower bridges.  Dr. Gordon will determine the precise number of implants your specific case requires.  There is no extra cost for additional implants. We do not use “mini” implants.

Never. With Dr. Gordon’s technique, your extractions are performed, and implants are placed on the very same day.  Your customized prototype et of temporaries are delivered same day.  You won’t be left without teeth. Your diet will be restricted to very soft foods (3-4 months) while in the prototype so that your bone can heal without movement.

Yes…in some cases. 

Dr. Gordon feels it is important to “test drive” a second set of healing teeth that will look and feel most like your final.  This will allow you to test cosmetics, bite, speech, lip support, and other important factors.

You will wear your first healing bridge for 4 to 6 months while bone and gums heal.  It is best to allow this healing for the gums to shape to their final position.

Your bridge is custom computer milled from a solid piece of Zirconia. It is hand-crafted to your unique smile and real looking colors are permanently absorbed into the bridge prior to final polishing.  Dr. Philip Gordon has a spial dental lab that is one of the most experienced in the USA.

Your Zirconia bridge is designed to last many years. It is possible that it may out last you!  About 1-5% of patients develop bone loss and recession around dental implants.  Dr. Gordon’s unique surgical technique places the full-mouth dental implants in such a way as to reduce this possibility tremendously.  Dr. Gordon has hundreds of cases that are already 10 years old. 

Smoking, diabetes, and immune system problems may shorten the life.

Zirconia is non-porous, so it does not stain, change colors, or retain odors. You care for this bridge just like natural teeth. Other bridge materials such as acrylic “hybrid” denture teeth attract both odor and stain leading to bad breath.

Zirconia doesn’t attract plaque (and the harmful bacteria that breeds in dental plaque).  Most patients only need a water pick and electric toothbrush to keep everything clean.  We will teach you how to floss under the smooth underside.  Professional cleanings are needed every six months.

A 2017 study of 2,039 full-arch Prettau® Zirconia bridges published in the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry documents a less than 0.5% failure rate for all patients in the study. Be wary of many inferior imitation zirconia materials, inexperienced providers and large volume production labs/offices.