Dentures and Partials

A Denture Should Fit Your Mouth, Not Just Fill It

Dr. Edward Shamieh, DDS approaches dentures and partials as prosthetic treatment designed around function, stability and the needs of each patient. Fourteen years in practice, now focused on implant surgery and prosthetic treatment, he evaluates the factors that influence how a denture is planned, designed and supported. Mission: Dental Implants makes a deliberate effort to keep tooth replacement treatment attainable while planning care around each patient’s needs.

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Dr. Edward Shamieh, DDS

Fourteen years in practice, now focused on implant surgery, prosthetics, complex extractions and selected sedation cases.

Mission: Dental Implants focuses on the surgical and prosthetic treatment of missing and failing teeth. Extraction treatment is planned with the next step in mind, whether that means healing without replacement, a denture, an implant or another appropriate restorative option.

  • Fourteen years in practice as a licensed dentist.
  • Focused on implant surgery, prosthetics, complex extractions and selected sedation cases.
  • Digital scanning and digitally planned prosthetic treatment.
  • Sedation options available for appropriate cases.
  • Accepts referrals from dentists throughout the Kansas City metro and surrounding areas.
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The short version

The Denture Is The Easy Part. The Foundation Is Not.

A well made denture is not difficult to fabricate. What makes tooth replacement succeed or fail is everything decided before the impression is taken. Which teeth come out and in what order. Whether the ridge is preserved or allowed to collapse. Whether the bite is rebuilt at the correct height. Get those right and the prosthetic follows naturally.

Dr. Shamieh spent fourteen years across military, academic, private and large group dentistry before narrowing his practice to this work. Patients arrive having been told a denture is simply what happens next. Often it is the right answer. Sometimes a partial preserves more, or a few implants change the outcome entirely. The point of the consultation is to find out which one applies to you before anything is fabricated.

Our Dental Care Process

Denture and Partial Treatment Process

Every denture case is planned around the teeth that remain, the shape of the ridge and how you use your bite. Treatment generally moves through the following stages.

1

Consult and Imaging

We examine the remaining teeth and supporting tissue and take digital scans and imaging. We discuss whether a full denture, a partial or a prosthetic supported by implants is the appropriate direction, and what each option requires of you.

2

Design and Try In

Impressions and digital records are used to build the prosthetic. You see and approve the shape, shade and bite at a try in appointment before anything is finalized. Adjustments made at this stage cost you nothing but time.

3

Delivery Day

The finished denture or partial is fitted and balanced against your bite. If extractions are part of the plan, an immediate denture can be delivered the same day the teeth are removed so you are not without teeth.

4

Ongoing Dental Care

Gums and bone change shape for months after teeth are removed, so early adjustments are expected and included. Patients referred by another dentist return to that practice for routine and preventive care. If you do not already have a dentist, we can help you locate one in your preferred area.

IMPLANT SUPPORTED DENTURES

Dentures That Lock Onto Implants

Implant-supported dentures use dental implants to provide additional stability compared with traditional removable dentures. The implants are planned around the final prosthetic design so the surgical and restorative portions of treatment work together. Mission: Dental Implants provides both implant placement and prosthetic treatment when appropriate.

  • KanCare accepted for eligible Kansas patients.
  • MO HealthNet accepted for eligible Missouri patients.
  • Sedation options are reviewed before surgery.
  • Our office verifies eligibility and applicable coverage before treatment.
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Even Excellent Treatment Has Limited Value If The Patient Cannot Realistically Obtain It.

The lesson that shaped Mission: Dental Implants

Why Mission: Dental Implants

Planning That Accounts For What Happens After

  • One Doctor, Every Time: Dr. Shamieh performs the extractions, places the implants when they are part of the plan, and designs the prosthetic. Nothing is handed between offices midway through.
  • Ridge Preservation Is Planned, Not Improvised: When teeth are removed for a denture case, bone grafting is considered at the time of extraction rather than after the ridge has already collapsed. That decision affects how the denture fits for the next decade.
  • You Approve It Before It Is Final: Shape, shade and bite are reviewed with you at try in. Changes made before delivery are ordinary and expected.
  • Cost Discussed Before Treatment: You receive a written estimate before treatment is scheduled so you understand the expected cost in advance.
  • Medicaid Access: Mission: Dental Implants participates with Kansas Medicaid through KanCare/KMAP and Missouri Medicaid through MO HealthNet for applicable covered services. Eligibility and benefits are verified before treatment.
For referring dentists

We Handle the Surgical Part. Your Patient Returns to You.

Mission: Dental Implants accepts referrals for surgical extractions, ridge preservation, implant placement and full arch prosthetic cases. We coordinate the treatment you referred and return the patient to your practice for ongoing general and preventive care.

Defined Scope

Surgical and prosthetic treatment only. Routine care remains with the referring practice.

Case Updates

Clinical notes and relevant imaging are returned to the referring practice as appropriate during treatment.

Complex Extractions

Impacted teeth, broken roots and extraction cases you prefer to refer for surgical management.

Digital Planning

Digital imaging and scanning are used when appropriate to support surgical and prosthetic planning.

Referral Information And Forms
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The lesson that shaped Mission: Dental Implants

COMMON QUESTIONS

Denture Questions, Answered Plainly

It depends on whether teeth need to be removed first. If they do, an immediate denture can be delivered the same day so you are not without teeth while you heal. A conventional denture made after healing usually takes several weeks across a few appointments, because the try in stage is where fit is earned.

Upper dentures generally hold well because they seal against the palate. Lower dentures are the common complaint, since there is far less ridge to hold them. Early looseness is usually solved with adjustment. Persistent looseness in a lower denture is typically a foundation problem, and that is where implants are worth discussing.

A partial replaces some teeth and clasps onto the natural teeth that remain, which also helps stop those teeth from drifting. A full denture replaces an entire arch and rests on the ridge. If enough sound teeth remain, a partial usually preserves more than removing everything does.

Bone continues to change shape after teeth are removed, faster in the first year and slowly after that. Most dentures need a reline every two to three years as the fit loosens, and replacement somewhere around five to ten years depending on wear. A denture that has become loose is not necessarily a failed denture.

We are an approved provider for both. Whether a specific denture or partial is a covered service depends on your plan and eligibility. Our office verifies your benefits before treatment is scheduled and gives you the expected cost in writing.

Paying For Treatment

You Will Know The Cost Before We Begin

No surprise invoices. We go through the numbers at the consult, in writing, before anything is scheduled.

Self-Pay

A written treatment plan with the full cost broken out by stage, given to you at the consult. What we quote is what you pay

Membership plan

A monthly plan for patients without dental insurance, with tiers from routine maintenance up through implant and full-arch care.

KanCare & MO HealthNet

Mission: Dental Implants is an approved provider for Kansas Medicaid through KanCare/KMAP and Missouri Medicaid through MO HealthNet. Coverage varies by eligibility, plan and service and is verified before treatment.

Financing

Monthly payment plans through Cherry and Proceed Finance, with approval decisions in minutes for eligible patients.

Let's Find Out What Your Options Actually Are

A consultation, appropriate imaging and a written treatment plan. You will understand what treatment involves, the expected sequence and the cost before deciding how to proceed.

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