HAVE YOU HEARD THE TERM "TEETH IN A DAY"?
If you had a sneaking suspicion that the traditional teeth in day process seemed too good to be true, you have to read all the way to the end.
You may have also heard the phrase “permanent teeth in 24 hours.” While it sounds similar, it’s actually a very different approach — with different materials, planning, and healing considerations. More on the tradeoffs of 24 hour teeth later.
While the term “teeth in a day” sounds great, for many patients the experience is VERY DIFFERENT from what they were expecting.
The confusion usually comes from the wording. “Teeth in a day®” describes when teeth are attached — not what kind of teeth they are or how healing is supported afterward.
The teeth provided using the old "teeth in a day®" method are actually a cheap set of dentures called "TEMPS" (short for temporary teeth)? You typically stay in those often oversized, easily breakable temporary teeth for up to 6 to even 10 months or longer.
Unfortunately, that may not even be the worst part about the process…
HERE'S HOW THE OUTDATED "TEETH IN A DAY" PROCESS TYPICALLY WORKS
The dentist giving you the “teeth in a day” orders a basic acrylic denture (the Temps).
Then, on the day of surgery after you’ve been sedated for up to 4 or 5 hours the dreaded “denture conversion” begins.
Below is a set of dentures that, using the old process, would become your "temporary" set of teeth.
Notice how big and bulky they are.
That is why folks who get these temporary set of teeth may experience difficulty speaking normally.
Because of the manual nature of this process, it's difficult to get the dentures to fit precisely.
Take a look at this temporary denture converted to "teeth in a day".
The dark circles are where they drilled holes to try to fit the metal cylinders to the implants...And as you can see... they have to give their best guess where to place the cylinders and fill the rest of the holes in with liquid plastic.
Can you imagine how weak this denture is after shaving it down, drilling large holes and filling them with liquid plastic?
That's why these temporaries break more often than permanent teeth. Imagine having to come back into the clinic several times because your "temps" broke again. Especially after years of patchwork dentistry, this can be incredibly frustrating.
That's why "teeth in a day" may require a liquid only diet for up to 4 weeks or more... Because chewing anything has the possibility to cause movement and can compromise the implants.
Nuvia’s 24 hr permanent teeth are built differently to help eliminate micro movements and allow you to eat soft foods immediately. However, let’s take a moment to cover some of the tradeoffs of 24 hour teeth and shed some light on what permanent teeth in 24 hours really are.
Tradeoffs of 24 Hour Teeth
- Instead of waiting months for your permanent teeth, you get them 24 hours after your dental implants are placed.
- Instead of ever being outfitted with a plastic denture, you get strong, durable zirconia right from the beginning.
- Instead of adjusting to a foreign denture only to have to re-adjust to your final teeth, you can get a headstart on adjusting to your new smile and only have to do it once.
- Instead of having to explain potentially poorly fitted and non customized teeth to family, acquaintances, and colleagues, you get to confidently share a custom, beautiful smile from day one.
- Instead of worrying about if your temporary teeth can handle a crunchy vegetable, you can eat whatever you’d like with confidence (once your provider gives you the greenlight to move past a soft food diet - fort many patients this is around the 4 month follow up appointment).
It’s true that 24 Hour Teeth come with tradeoffs… ones that are designed to give patients a sense of stability during a process that can otherwise feel uncertain.
But how did 24 Hour Teeth come about and is it truly safe? Keep reading to find out.
CUSTOM PERMANENT TEETH IN 24 HOURS AT NUVIA™
We don’t believe in "temps".
Take a look at the picture below.
Our lab director snapped a quick picture of our beautiful 24-hour permanent teeth right after it was finished.
Now that's something you can get excited about right?
As you’ve learned in the outline above, the entire temporary “teeth in a day” process can be a long frustrating patient experience.
We know it firsthand because that’s actually the way we USED to do it too.
So we set out to create a process that would ACTUALLY deliver New Permanent Teeth In Just 24 Hours..
It was a massive investment in amazing people and insanely cool technology that made it possible.
HERE'S HOW WE DO IT...
√ Step #1 - You get your dental implants placed on surgery day
√ Step #2 - We take a picture with the coolest camera ever. It precisely maps your entire mouth and where the implants were placed.
√ Step #3 - You go home and rest overnight (instead of spending up to 4 extra hours groggy in the chair)
√ Step #4 - Our revolutionary 24 hour lab operation begins and creates your permanent set of teeth overnight (this is where the innovation kicks in)
√ Step #5 - You come back the next day and we attach your precision made custom permanent teeth to your implants and it’s all done.
You walk out of the office with Beautiful Permanent Teeth in just 24 Hrs!
THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL BURDEN OF ILL FITTING DENTURES, MISSING OR BROKEN TEETH COULD BE GONE IN 24 HOURS...
...replaced with a beautiful new permanent set.
--> Imagine laughing and smiling again from the depths of your soul...
--> Going back to work and everyone saying "WOW" you look great!...
-->Going out with friends you've been ignoring because of embarrassment...
--> Taking your loved one out for steak dinner like you used to.
Your first step is simple...
Take the 60 second quiz to see if you may be a candidate.
Is Safety a Tradeoff of 24 Hour Teeth?
Let’s clear something up right away.
Safety is not a tradeoff of 24 Hour Teeth. It’s actually the reason this approach exists in the first place.
Permanent teeth in 24 hours don’t happen because things are rushed. They happen because everything is planned, coordinated, and handled by the right people—at the right time.
Here’s what that really means.
Your dental implants are placed by a highly experienced oral and maxillofacial surgeon—someone who completed years of additional surgical training beyond dental school. This isn’t general dentistry. This is advanced surgery.
At the same time, your surgeon isn’t juggling anesthesia.
You’re comfortably asleep under the care of a dedicated CRNA, whose only job is monitoring your comfort, breathing, and vital signs from start to finish. No multitasking. No split attention. Just focus.
And safety doesn’t stop once surgery is over.
Dental implants need stability while they heal. That’s why healing in a strong, permanent prosthetic matters so much. Imagine what a cracked or broken set of temporary teeth could do to implants that are still integrating with the bone—movement, stress, repeated repairs.
With permanent teeth in 24 hours, your implants heal with a sturdy zirconia prosthetic already in place. That helps eliminate the micromovements that can interfere with healing and gives your implants the stable environment they need from day one.
So no—safety isn’t something sacrificed for speed.
It’s built into every step of the process.
THE BENEFITS OF 24HR PERMANENT TEETH ARE INCREDIBLE
Benefit #1 - From up to 10 Months To 24 Hours
Instead of living in temporary teeth for up to 10+ months, everything you just read leads to one simple outcome: you’re done in 24 hours.
No long stretch of “just get through it.”
No months of bulky temps.
No repeated fixes along the way.
You move forward with a permanent solution right away.
Benefit #2 - *Immediately Start Eating Soft Foods
Because you’re not healing in fragile temporary teeth, you’re not stuck on liquids for weeks.
Soft foods come back into your life immediately.
Not as a reward later — just as part of everyday life again since you get your permanent teeth right away.
Benefit #3 - Custom Precise Fit
Since everything is digitally mapped ahead of time, there’s no guessing and no “making it work later.”
When your teeth are attached the next day, they fit the way they were designed to.
That shows up in how they feel — and how quickly you stop thinking about them.
Benefit #4 - Can Eliminate Up To 5-10 Appointments
After the implant surgery, we deliver your permanent teeth in just ONE additional appointment. The traditional "Teeth in a day" method can require up to 5-10 additional appointments due to the wax try-in phase. To learn more about wax try-ins, click here.
Benefit #5 - *Speak Naturally
Generally, acrylic based temporaries require more material bulk for strength reasons. Sometimes that extra bulk can be extra burdensome and make it difficult to speak clearly. This is why the custom and precise fit of our permanent set in 24hrs is so good for our patients. The big and clunky temporary doesn’t exist with us.
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