All-on-4 Full-Arch Implants in Siler City, NC

Q: What should I expect to pay?

A single arch falls in the $25,000-to-$50,000 window, and the everyday case usually runs about $30,000 to $40,000. Your spot depends on remaining bone, extraction difficulty, and which prosthetic you choose. Both arches in one plan is usually a little cheaper than two separate ones.

For a lot of Chatham County folks, the hardest part of full-arch implant work used to be the drive — appointment after appointment into Raleigh or Durham. Not here. At our Siler City office in Food Lion Plaza, our own doctors plan and place All-on-4 in-house, start to finish, using an on-site 3D cone-beam scanner. All-on-4 rebuilds an entire arch of lost or failing teeth as one permanent set riding on four to six implants — teeth that hold firm through every meal, ask nothing of adhesive, and stay in overnight — and you get all of it close to home.

What All-on-4 means

The old approach to a full arch was one implant beneath each tooth: a dozen or more, with the surgery and the bill to match. All-on-4 works smarter. A handful of implants are angled into the firmest bone so the bite load spreads out, and a single bridge holding twelve to fourteen teeth is locked onto them. The posts carry the chewing; the bridge hands back a complete, lifelike smile. A few jaws do better with five or six posts — occasionally written All-on-6 — but the idea holds either way: a small number of firm anchors beneath one permanent row of teeth. This is not a plate. It is screwed in and stays in, cleaned by brushing and a water flosser passed underneath, with a once-a-year professional cleaning when the dentist

lifts it off and puts it back.

Would it suit you?

Most people who come to us for this fall into one of a few camps. Some have fought a lower denture for years and simply want it to stop moving. Others are watching an arch of teeth fail together — gum disease, deep decay, cracks — and have done the math that saving each one costs more and lasts less than a single full-arch fix. Some have a mouthful of old crowns and partials giving out in the same season and would rather rebuild once. And a fair number arrive after being told, somewhere else, that their bone was too thin for implants — a verdict the angled All-on-4 method often overturns without the heavy grafting they were quoted.

Fixed bridge versus a snap-in denture

Both sit on implants, but they live differently. A snap-in denture anchors to just a couple of implants for a steady daytime hold, then unclips each night for cleaning; it runs a good deal cheaper and leaves you with a plate you still handle by hand. All-on-4 fastens a full dozen-plus teeth onto four or more implants that never leave your mouth — more of an investment, but far nearer to real teeth. We lay both out beside your budget and your goals at the consult, no pressure toward the pricier one.

Cases we see often in Siler City

The Pittsboro patient tired of a bottom plate. Years of a lower denture drifting at supper and living on paste. We mapped out a lower full arch, extracted her last loose teeth on placement day, seated the implants, and fitted a fixed temporary that afternoon. Right around $32,000 for the arch — and her first family dinner in ages spent eating instead of adjusting.

The Chatham Park patient whose old work failed together. A set of tired crowns plus a partial or two, top and bottom, all near done at once. Rather than repair them piece by piece, we restored both arches over roughly nine months. Close to $55,000 in total, and one coherent result instead of years of patch jobs.

The Liberty patient told implants were off the table. Earlier opinions had refused him on account of upper bone loss. Our imaging turned up enough firm bone for angled placement where it counted, and the upper arch went in without a graft. About $30,000, and fixed teeth he never thought he would have.

How treatment unfolds

Plan on eight to twelve months, and it moves in a straight line. It begins with a 3D scan and a sit-down where we map the implant positions, note which teeth need to go, and hand you a written plan with an itemized price. On placement day, the failing teeth in that arch are removed, the implants go in, and — for most patients — a temporary bridge is secured the same visit, so you head home with a full set showing rather than an empty space. Across the following three-to-six-month stretch the posts knit into the bone; once that is confirmed, we exchange the temporary for your permanent bridge, finished around how you have been eating and the look you want.

What it costs in Siler City

A full arch here falls in the $20,000-to-$25,000 window. Where you land depends on genuine factors — remaining bone, extraction difficulty, and your choice of prosthetic material. Handling top and bottom on a single plan usually totals less than booking them apart, because the imaging, planning, and chair time overlap. Most medical and dental plans pay toward part of the work, which we verify before we start, and Sunbit or a medical loan spread over time covers your portion. Se habla español.

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Siler City All-on-4 — common questions

Do I have to drive to the Triangle for full-arch implants?

No. The planning scan, the surgery, and the final teeth all happen right here at our Siler City office. Chatham County patients get the whole treatment close to home instead of making the round trip to Raleigh, Durham, or Chapel Hill for every visit.

What should I expect to pay?

A single arch falls in the $20,000-to-$25,000 window. Your spot depends on remaining bone, extraction difficulty, and which prosthetic you choose. Both arches in one plan is usually a little cheaper than two separate ones.

Once it's in, is it permanent?

Yes. The bridge is fixed to the implants and stays put — no removing it, no soaking cup, no adhesive. You brush it and run a water flosser under it, and your hygienist takes it off just once a year to clean the implants, then reseats it.

They said I didn't have enough bone. Is that the end of it?

Not usually. Angling the implants lets us reach the solid bone that is still there, so All-on-4 often works where a plain implant-per-tooth plan would have needed grafting first. A 3D image of your jaw at the visit settles it, and we give you the honest verdict.

How long does the whole thing take?

Figure eight to twelve months. Extractions, placement, and a temporary bridge happen on a single surgery day; the implants then fuse over three to six months before your permanent teeth are fitted. Se habla español.

Come see us for a full-arch consultation

Bring any old X-rays along. We’ll capture a 3D scan, say plainly whether you’re a candidate, and lay out real figures — close to home. Now accepting new patients. Se habla español.