When facing edentulism, many patients end up choosing removable implant restorations over fixed restorations due to a lack of awareness, budget, or previous misconceptions. As a skilled clinician, it may be easy for you to see the benefits of a fixed restoration yourself, but knowing how to make that accessible to your patient base can be easier said than done. That’s why it’s important to understand the factors that may lead a patient to favoring one treatment or the other and how you can guide them to choose the solution that will best fit their needs and lifestyle.
Choosing the right retention insert is crucial for ensuring patient satisfaction and the longevity of their dental prosthesis. The process of selecting the appropriate retention insert for your patient's removable LOCATOR overdenture can be overwhelming, but this blog is here to help you make informed decisions to enhance patient comfort and optimize prosthesis stability.
Treating an edentulous patient with a full-arch restoration is unique in that it can be an emotional journey for not only your patient, but also for you! If the last time you delivered a denture was during dental school, you might feel a mix of excitement, nervousness, maybe even trepidation, as it calls on many of your clinical skills to ensure a good outcome. How you approach each case and the way you communicate with each patient who’s experiencing edentulism has a powerful impact on the patient’s whole experience in your practice. Your approach also plays a big part in what type of prosthesis they choose to go with. Are you ready to hone your patient communication skills to improve case acceptances and empower your patients to choose the best full-arch solution for their lifestyle?
Whether you’re a seasoned pro or you’re new to the world of restoring smiles with implant-retained overdentures, we all know that issues can and will arise. That is why it is important to understand how to manage complications when they inevitably occur. Facing complications does not mean you’re any less skilled of a practitioner. In fact, the most-skilled of us are ones who have faced and overcome complicated cases and problem-solved practical and effective outcomes. After all, they say you learn more from your failures than you do from your successes, right?
