This is the first question almost every full-arch patient asks, and the answer depends entirely on whether you mean fixed teeth or finished treatment.
Trip one: seven to ten days
Day one is assessment: CBCT, photographs, scans, and confirming the plan actually matches what we told you remotely. Surgery follows once that is settled, usually day two or three.
You leave with a fixed provisional bridge, assuming the implants achieved enough stability. The remaining days are for review, adjusting the bite, and making sure swelling is settling normally before you fly.
The wait in between
Three to six months while the bone integrates. If you needed grafting, longer. You are wearing the provisional throughout and living normally.
This is the part that cannot be compressed, and any schedule that skips it is describing something else.
Trip two: five to seven days
Scanning for the definitive prosthesis, try-in, adjustments, and fitting. Shorter and much easier than the first, with no surgery.
Some patients prefer to split this further for a more relaxed pace, which is entirely reasonable.
What makes it longer
Grafting or sinus elevation before implants can add months and sometimes a third trip. Teeth needing extraction with healing time before placement does the same.
None of this is unusual, and knowing it up front is much better than discovering it on day two.
Ask for the schedule in writing with both trips mapped out and the wait between them stated. If you only get the number of days for trip one, you have half the picture.
Questions about your own case? Send us your photos and we will walk you through the options.
