How long do I need a soft diet after Clear Choice dental Implants?

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I got the all in one day clear choice dental implant bridge thing only in the top of my mouth. I got this December 2nd 2016. I'm absolutely going insane on only soft foods and it's been nearly 2 months. How much longer do I need to do this before it's actually safe to chew. I don't mean a steak or something I mean like a fast food burger. I'm going nuts with this awful diet.

Juan C. Arroyo, DMD · Answer

Hi and thank you for your question.
Typically when you get All on Four implant the diet should be soft for a period of 3 months, at least . Picture this, if you fracture an arm they put you in a cast typically for three months. This is done to immobilize your arm, so the bones can heal. When an implant is placed in the bone, the primary stability of that implant comes from the bone that it is placed in, so for the first month this implant is very stable (hopefully) because of the physical contact with the bone. As time goes by ( at month one) the bone surrounding the implant softens up and behaves more like a fracture (the bone softens up at the line of fracture),  to help form a callus. As this callus continues to calcify (get harder) the implant gets integrated into the bone, therefore reaching Osseo integration. This process normally takes 3 months (just as long as a healing fracture). So the minimum of time needed for an implant to heal is 3 months, therefore the diet should be soft for those 3 months, in particular when you reach the 1st month, when it is critical to be on a really soft diet. We typically start the final denture at the end of the third month of doing an All on four and for the same reasons other  implants.
I hope this answers your question, Good Luck to you!
Dr. Juan C. Arroyo
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon

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