Full-arch implants are the kind of treatment that changes what a meal feels like. Done well, it lasts decades. Done in a rush, it turns into a decade of revisions. Here is the two-trip plan we recommend.
Trip one: extractions and placement
Five to seven days. Diagnostic imaging, a full workup, and same-day placement of four to six implants per arch under IV sedation. You leave with an immediate-load provisional bridge and a soft diet list.
The healing gap
Three to four months between trips. This is not negotiable. The bone needs time to integrate with the implants, and skipping it is the single most common cause of failure we see from patients who went elsewhere.
Trip two: final prosthetic
Four to five days for impressions, fittings, and the final zirconia bridge. We do not hand you the bridge and wave goodbye. You come back the next day for bite adjustment, and again the day after if anything still feels off.
What you pay
All-on-four in one arch lands between 8,400 and 11,200 USD with Straumann implants and a zirconia bridge. All-on-six, 10,500 to 13,800 USD. Prices include the provisional, the final bridge, IV sedation, and every follow-up across both trips.
Aftercare
Night guard for the first six months. Hygienist visit every six months for life. Water flosser is not optional. Follow these three and implants last twenty years plus.
