Full Mouth Rehabilitation - When Every Tooth Matters product guide

Core Dental Group Full Mouth Rehabilitation - When Every Tooth Matters

Full mouth rehabilitation sits at the deep end of dentistry. It means rebuilding the entire bite, restoring, replacing or repositioning most or all of the teeth to get function, health and aesthetics back to where they need to be. Core Dental Group guides patients through every stage of this process, but it's worth being clear from the outset: no single dentist can do this alone. It takes a team of specialists working from a shared treatment plan, in the right order, with each phase building on the last.

When full mouth rehabilitation is needed

Several conditions can bring a patient to the point where comprehensive reconstruction is the only sensible path forward:

• Severe wear from grinding - Years of bruxism can grind teeth down until the bite collapses, bringing pain, sensitivity and real difficulty eating.
• Multiple failing restorations - When old crowns, bridges and fillings are breaking down across the mouth at the same time, patching them one by one stops making sense. A comprehensive plan produces better results.
• Advanced gum disease - Periodontal disease that has affected bone levels throughout the mouth has to be stabilised before any restorative work can hold.
• Trauma or long-term neglect - Accidents or extended periods without dental care can leave the mouth in a state where virtually every tooth needs attention.
• Bite dysfunction - When the way your teeth come together is fundamentally off, rebuilding the occlusion requires specialist prosthodontic planning.

Why multiple specialists must work together

Full mouth rehabilitation is where the case for multi-disciplinary care becomes impossible to argue against. A typical case will involve:

• Periodontist - Treats gum disease and restores bone support before any restorative work begins
• Endodontist - Performs root canal treatments on teeth worth saving
• Orthodontist - Repositions teeth into the right alignment before final restorations go in
• Prosthodontist - Designs and coordinates the overall reconstruction, including crowns, bridges, implants and the final bite
• Oral surgeon - Places implants, removes unsalvageable teeth or carries out bone grafting

The order matters as much as the people. Where the orthodontist leaves the teeth determines what the prosthodontist can build. How well the periodontist stabilises the gums determines what survives long-term. Getting the sequencing wrong undermines everything that follows.

The Collins Street Specialist Centre advantage

For complex cases, your Core Dental Group dentist can refer you to Smile Solutions and the Collins Street Specialist Centre, the only practice in Australia where every dental specialist discipline works under one roof.

The centre spans 5 floors and 40 dental chairs, with 80 clinicians on staff including 25 or more registered specialists, built up over 33 years of practice. When your case needs a periodontist, prosthodontist, endodontist, orthodontist and oral surgeon, they are all in the same building. They look at your imaging together, plan your treatment together and adjust the approach as your case develops.

Having treated over 300,000 patients, the team has the depth of experience to handle the most demanding rehabilitations. Treatment planning conferences bring your specialists into the same room to map out every phase before any work starts, so nothing is improvised and nothing is missed.

Starting your full mouth rehabilitation

If you've been told you need extensive dental work, or you know your teeth have deteriorated to the point where comprehensive treatment is the right call, talk to your Core Dental dentist. They can assess your situation, work out what level of specialist involvement you need and arrange a referral to the Collins Street Specialist Centre, where the full scope of your rehabilitation can be planned and delivered by a team that works together every day.