Why does having on-site labs make EvoDental different

When a patient visits for their free, 90-minute consultation, part of the process involves taking a CBCT X-ray scan of their mouth. After this, patients spend time in conversation with the clinician, discussing their medical history, unique circumstances, and their aspirations for how their new teeth should look.

This approach is a way to help patients feel at ease and soothe particularly nervous cases. Our patients have commented that this level of transparency and communication makes them feel that EvoDental is one of the best places to get dental implants. This is spoken about by our patients, in their Trustpilot reviews.

Using this information, the dental technicians in the lab will begin the process of designing the patient’s new prosthesis. This takes everything into account, and the accuracy of the CBCT scan combined with the team’s experience means that this process is done carefully and accurately.

At this time, the patient will be living their day-to-day lives, preparing for the day of their surgery and are able to contact EvoDental at any time to ask any questions they might have.

Once the initial design has been refined and readied, all of the information and steps taken so far are reviewed by both the clinical and technical departments in a meeting called an MDT or multi-disciplinary team meeting. During this time, the clinicians will work with the technicians and make the final amends to the design of the prosthesis before the day of surgery.

This is necessary because every single prosthesis is completely bespoke and unique to the individual patient. Everyone’s case is different, and at the MDT the clinicians and technicians collaborate to produce a perfect prosthesis.

The locations where the patient’s dental implants will be placed are planned and confirmed– all of these measures ensure accuracy as well as the optimal outcome for the patient. The entire process thus far means that everything has been planned and prepared for, with every member of the team knowing exactly what will be done in advance of the surgery.

When the day of surgery comes, the patient’s damaged or failing teeth will be removed and their new implants are placed, all in the space of a few hours in the morning.

A part of the surgery involves taking scans of the implant’s final placement using a technique called photogrammetry. This uses a special, hyper-accurate scanner to create a digital impression of where the implants are located in the patient’s mouth.

The technical team then immediately compare this with the CBCT X-ray scan which was done at the consultation and overlays the final placement of the implants with the planned location. If any alterations need to be made at this point, they are done so right away.

Due to the accuracy of the planning, these alterations are normally only very slight, and having a digital impression taken both before and during the surgery creates the means to design a perfectly fitting set of prosthetic teeth.

Immediately afterwards, the clinician who performed the surgery will visit the technical team and review the final design of the prosthesis before the manufacturing process begins. This saves time and helps to ensure that the prosthesis fits as well as it can straight away, reducing the likelihood of future alterations.

As an advanced alternative to a treatment like all on 4 dental implants, each one of our labs has several state-of-the-art milling machines, and these are able to produce a completely bespoke set of prosthetic teeth in just a few hours. The accuracy of the scans, design and capabilities of the milling machines means that on the day of surgery, the prosthesis will benefit the patient as soon as it is fitted. We aim to provide patients with the best dental implants, and we have carefully optimised, enhanced and developed our treatment to give them the best outcome possible.

The material used is a medical grade polymer, PMMA, poly-methyl-methacrylate, which has been specifically selected to ensure that it is not only strong, durable, and lightweight, but looks and feels just like a natural set of teeth.

As the prosthesis will later be fixed onto the dental implants placed during the morning’s surgery, it will allow the patient to enjoy a fully functional set of teeth, as well as having a smile transformation that will immediately change their life.

Dental implants from EvoDental are a viable denture alternative, and each year we perform over 1,000 full-mouth dental implant treatments across our four nationwide, purpose-built clinics.

Our UK- based smile-in-a-day dental implant clinics feature purpose-built, on-site dental laboratories, staffed by expert, experienced engineers and technicians who work toward the goal of providing the best dental implants, teeth, and outcome for each individual patient. These clinics can be found in:

• London Heathrow, just off the M4
• Liverpool, next to the M62 and M57
• Leeds, adjacent to the M1
• Solihull, near the M42

Our London Harley Street clinic is used for consultations only.

In each purpose-built clinic, our dental implant experts work to help patients to restore full, healthy, and functional smiles every day. Each clinic is easy to find and access, and you can request your free consultation there now.