Full-Arch Rehabilitation on Implants

Yes — with a fixed provisional bridge screwed onto the implants. It is made of reinforced acrylic, looks good and lets you eat soft food. The permanent bridge (zirconia or hybrid) comes after the implants have fused with the bone.

Soft food in the first months: pasta, fish, eggs, cooked vegetables, soups. No biting into hard things (nuts, crusty bread, steak) until the doctor clears it. This protects the implants while they fuse with the bone.

Then we don’t load them that day — we switch to the delayed protocol and provide a different temporary solution. That option is always kept, because loading an unstable implant puts it at risk. It happens in a minority of cases and is explained in advance.

Two to four hours per jaw, including extractions and fitting the provisional bridge. Two jaws — usually on two close dates or one long day, depending on the case.

The surgery is under local anaesthesia (sedation optional); it usually does not hurt — you feel pressure and vibration, not pain. Afterwards, two or three days of swelling and discomfort controlled with ordinary painkillers. Most patients are pleasantly surprised.

The provisional is reinforced acrylic — light, easy to repair, meant for the healing months. The permanent is zirconia or hybrid (titanium + tooth material) — strong, colour-stable, meant for many years.

When stability on the day allows loading — which is most cases — zero: extractions, implants and the provisional bridge in the same chair, on the same day. In the minority where we do not load, you get a different temporary solution until the bridge, and we tell you so in advance. Anyone telling you about “two weeks without teeth while the gums settle” is describing a different protocol.

Yes — but not like the permanent one. It is acrylic, in the shade we chose together, and nobody who does not know can tell. It is also slightly thicker on the tongue side; you feel that for a day or two and then stop. The permanent zirconia is thinner, less shiny, and looks more like a tooth.

Yes, and we do it — but it is a long day, six or seven hours with a break, and most people prefer two sessions a week apart. Coming from far away or from abroad — one day. If you live in Kfar Saba — why rush?

We remove it, let the bone heal for two or three months, and place a new one. Meanwhile, on six implants the bridge usually keeps working on the remaining ones; on four — sometimes it has to come off temporarily or be replaced by another temporary solution until the new implant has fused. That is why there are more implants than you would need “on paper”. It happens to us rarely, and the replacement is covered by the warranty under the terms of the agreement (check-ups and hygiene).