Rotten teeth can be extremely painful, and can also be very embarrassing, especially if they’re at the front of your mouth. There are several options for fixing rotten teeth, including specific tooth decay treatment.
However, if you have many rotten teeth that need removing, you could consider options like crowns, bridges, dentures, and dental implants.
If you would prefer a permanent fixed solution, full mouth dental implants are often the best option by far – and we’ll discuss the reasons why in this post.
Signs of tooth decay
There are many signs that you have rotten teeth – in the earliest stages, symptoms include:
- Dental caries
- Discoloured tooth enamel or white staining
- A build-up of dental plaque
- Tooth sensitivity or toothache
In the later stages, rotting teeth become hard to ignore and can bring:
- Black rotten teeth, including rotten molars
- Badly decayed tooth structures
- Sharp pain
- Lost tooth enamel
- An unpleasant taste in the mouth
- The loss of dental fillings or the teeth themselves
- The avoidance of specific foods and drinks – which can bring pain to the affected tooth or teeth
Treatments for rotten teeth
A dental professional can recommend a range of solutions that can help prevent rotten teeth, from using fluoride toothpaste to correct poor dental hygiene to seeing your dentist regularly for check-ups, employing dental sealants or fluoride treatments, and, for more serious cases, root canal treatment.
However, treatment options for tooth decay depend on the progress of the rotting teeth – and some options, like fluoride toothpaste – are just not possible anymore.However, treatment options for tooth decay depend on the progress of the rotting teeth.
- If your oral health hasn’t been improved in the early stages and the dental decay has progressed without affecting the tooth pulp, fillings are a popular option.
- However, if the pulp and the inner blood vessels have been affected, dentists can’t fix rotten teeth and, in rare cases, removing the rotten tooth may be the only option.
Once a rotten tooth (or rotting teeth) has been removed, the bone where the tooth used to sit starts to degrade, in a process known as bone resorption.
At this point, you might begin to discuss tooth replacement options with your dentist – to allow you to correct the damage and gaps that are the result of severe tooth decay. Patients generally have a few options:
- Crowns
If you are missing parts of an individual tooth or two, crowns could be a tooth replacement option that would work for you.
They replace rotting teeth by hiding partly removed or damaged sections of the tooth with a more aesthetic cover.
- Bridges
For multiple missing or extracted rotten teeth, a removable bridge can fill in the gaps left behind.
They sit on top of remaining teeth on either side of the gap and fill in the space in the middle with pontics (i.e. artificial teeth).
If you have had a whole arch’s worth of teeth removed because of tooth decay, you can hide your missing teeth and chew your food with the help of removable dentures.
However, patients should be aware that none of these common restoration options restore a tooth root in the bone of the jaw, so it will continue to degrade over time.
While this may not be your immediate concern, it can make finding a permanent fixed solution to tooth loss as a result of tooth decay much harder.
That is unless you consider dental implants.
Why dental implants are the best solution for rotten and missing teeth
Dental implants are custom-designed to look and act just like your natural teeth. They can be brushed and flossed as normal, you can eat and speak without them moving around like dentures tend to, and they won’t rub or be uncomfortable.
As such, they are considered the gold standard for replacing missing or rotting teeth and, when the procedure is carried out by experienced professionals, they should be durable enough to last for years.
Best of all, dental implant treatments prevent the bone loss that is associated with missing teeth, as the implants are inserted into the jaw, and take the place of, the tooth root. This, in turn, strengthens the jawbone and prevents the sunken facial appearance that can be caused by loss of bone – which can prematurely age your face.
However, not every dentist regularly uses implants to replace teeth, like a rotten wisdom tooth, so it can be hard to find a provider that can help you. This is especially true if you have:
- Tooth decay
- Severe gum (periodontal) disease
- Insufficient healthy bone for implants
- Lost most, or even all, of your teeth
- Extensive dental work, like bridges or crowns
- Been told dentures are your only option
However, at EvoDental, you could be an ideal candidate and walk away with your brand new teeth on the very same day, thanks to our EvoSolution™ smile in a day full mouth dental implants.
How can EvoSolution™ smile in a day dental implants help me?
If you have missing or rotten teeth, extensive tooth decay, or you’re struggling with loose-fitting dentures, our ‘smile in a day‘ full mouth dental implants will transform your smile and help you get your life back.
Because we focus exclusively on full jaw dental implant solutions, named the EvoSolution™, we are perfectly placed to complete your smile restoration in a single day. This includes removing your rotten teeth, placing the implants, and fixing your prosthesis in place.
Our EvoSolution is an advanced alternative to all on 4 dental implants that allows us to offer full arch rehabilitation to more patients. This is because:
- Our experts can utilise more advanced implant types
We can place two additional implants in either the nasalus, pterygoid, or zygomatic areas of your upper jaw, so even if you don’t have enough bone for traditional dental implants because of rotting teeth or gum disease, you are still a candidate for treatment.
- We have custom-built dental practices with on-site labs
In these labs we can design, mill, and fit your bespoke prosthesis on surgery day – so you won’t need to leave with temporary dentures.
- You have a range of EvoSolution™ treatments and implant finance to consider
This allows you to personalise the outcome of implant treatment and also have greater financial control. Which, when combined with our dental implant finance, makes treatment accessible for more patients.
Here’s a timeline to show how you can go from a mouthful of rotten teeth to a new smile in a single day with EvoDental.
| Morning | Afternoon | Late afternoon |
| We’ll welcome you to our clinic at 8am. You will then be taken to a private patient suite, where your Evo nurse will answer any questions that you may have about the day ahead. Then, under sedation and pain-free, any remaining teeth are extracted and your dental implants will be placed. Each jaw takes about 2 hours. | You will be taken back to your comfortable private patient suite. Here, you can relax and recover while your bespoke initial prosthesis is made in our on-site lab. | Your new ‘Smile in a Day’ prosthetic teeth will then be placed. You will leave our clinic with your initial set of fixed teeth. In the case of our EvoUltimate or EvoAdvanced options, you’ll return six weeks later for your final set of teeth. These will be reinforced and slimmer than the first set. It’s important to note that none of our EvoSolutions will require you to wear dentures at any point. |
Enquire about EvoSolution™ full mouth dental implants today
If you’re suffering from the consequences of tooth decay, a rotten tooth or two, or even a whole arch’s worth of failing or rotten teeth, we encourage you to read about some of the people whose lives our smile in a day procedure has changed for the better, in our patient testimonials.
We regularly treat patients whose own dentist has informed them that they wouldn’t be suitable for dental implants, so if this is you, why not get in touch? Thanks to our extensive experience, it is extremely rare that we come across teeth that are so bad that we can’t find a solution!
To find out whether our EvoSolution™ smile in a day dental implants would be suitable for you – even if you have extensive rotten teeth – please fill out our enquiry [form] and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Alternatively, give us a call on 0800 470 3050 Click to Call to chat with one of our friendly patient coordinators.