"Teeth in a Day"

What It Means

"Teeth in a day", "same-day teeth" and "smile in a day" all describe the same thing: full-arch implant treatment where a fixed set of temporary teeth is attached to the new implants on the day of surgery. You walk in with failing teeth or a denture and walk out with teeth that are screwed in and don't come out. You don't wear a removable denture while you heal.

It works because implants placed firmly enough in good bone can carry a light, well-balanced temporary bridge straight away. The bridge joins the implants together so they share the load while the bone grows onto them.

Here, it's the basis of two pathways: Same-Day Fixed Teeth, and its guided version, Premium Guided Zirconia. Our other two pathways heal under a denture first: your own on Healed Foundation, or an immediate one on Staged Treatment.

What It Doesn't Mean

The teeth you leave with are a strong temporary bridge, not your final teeth. They're made to look good and let you eat softer foods, but they're deliberately lighter and simpler than the final bridge. Your final bridge is made from a digital scan once the implants have fully bonded with the bone, usually about three months later, and that's the one built to last.

It also doesn't mean the whole process takes a day. Consultation, CT scan and planning come first, and the final bridge comes afterwards. What happens in a day is the part you'd most dread stretching out: the extractions, the implants and the gap in between.

Who It Suits

• People losing most or all of the teeth in one jaw, or already wearing a full denture
• Enough bone to hold the implants firmly on the day, which the CT scan shows
• Healthy gums, or gum disease that has been treated first
• Non-smokers, or people willing to stop: smoking is the biggest avoidable risk to healing

Most people who choose a same-day pathway qualify. Same-day teeth rely on your bone: its density, and how steady each implant is when it goes in. Nobody can confirm that until the implants are placed, so your written plan sets out the alternative in advance. If your bone needs more time, we'll protect the implants first and fit your fixed teeth shortly afterwards, and your pathway fee doesn't change. We'll tell you at the consultation which to expect.¹

Same-Day Teeth for a Single Tooth

Losing a front tooth is its own emergency. Where the bone and gum allow, an implant can be placed into the socket at the same visit as the extraction and a temporary crown fitted on it the same day, so the gap never shows. The temporary is kept out of the bite while the implant heals, and the final crown follows later. Where immediate placement isn't safe, a stick-on temporary bridge or a small denture covers the gap. From £2,775 for the implant and final crown.

The Day Itself

• Before: the implant positions are planned on your CT scan, and on the Premium pathway advanced digital planning is used to make a custom surgical guide. Your temporary bridge can be made in advance from the same plan.
• Sedation: most people choose IV sedation (£500 per session) as well as local anaesthetic, and remember very little.
• Surgery: any remaining teeth come out, the implants go in (through the custom guide on Premium), and the fit of each is measured. If they're firm enough, the bridge is fitted and adjusted so you bite evenly. If they aren't, we switch to the alternative your written plan describes.
• Home: with someone to take you, a soft-food plan, and our number for anything that worries you.

Our guide to implant surgery day goes through it hour by hour.

The First Few Months

• A soft diet while the implants heal, roughly three months
• Careful cleaning around the temporary bridge with the brushes we show you
• Reviews to check healing and the bite
• A digital scan for the final bridge, then its fitting
• Hygiene visits every three months from then on, which the guarantee depends on

Our guide to living with full-arch implants covers eating, cleaning and what to expect.

What It Costs

Same-day teeth aren't a bolt-on here; they're built into two pathways. For £13,500 per arch, Same-Day Fixed Teeth covers extractions, 4 to 6 implants, routine grafting where it's needed, temporary acrylic teeth fixed in that same day if it's clinically suitable, and then your permanent acrylic / PMMA bridge once you've healed. Premium Guided Zirconia, at £14,950 per arch, goes further, adding advanced digital planning, a surgical guide made for your mouth, and a zirconia bridge on a titanium bar.² Both pathways include your assessment and CBCT scan, the 3D plan and written plan, and reviews until you're done, and if fixed teeth can't go in on the day, you pay the same pathway fee. If your jaw has already healed, or your teeth are better taken out first, our Healed Foundation (£9,300) and Staged Treatment (£11,500) pathways cost less and heal under a denture instead. Our All-on-4 guide compares all four.

Questions to Ask

• Is the same-day bridge included, or charged separately?
• What happens if my implants aren't firm enough on the day?
• Is the surgery planned on a CT scan and placed with a guide?
• Who places the implants, and who will I see at reviews?
• What is the final bridge made of, and when is it fitted?

A practice that promises same-day teeth to everyone before scanning them is promising something it can't know.

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This guide is general information, not a diagnosis. A dentist needs to examine you to say what is right for your teeth.