About full mouth dental implants
Berkeley full mouth dental implant specialist, Dr. Tapaltsyan, believes everyone deserves a beautiful, full set of functioning teeth. Full mouth dental implants are most often the best restoration choice when missing all of your teeth, missing multiple teeth or having severely decayed teeth that are no longer functional. Full arch implants are used to restore an entire upper or lower arch of teeth in one complete custom made implant-supported bridge. The implants are strategically placed throughout the arch to stimulate the jaw bone and support the new bridge of teeth.
Berkeley Hills Dentistry has created a seamless and stress-free process for patients. From the initial consultation to implant surgery to the final restoration, everything is taken care of under one roof. Dr. Tapaltsyan also utilizes the latest dental technology, which helps accurately guide the surgery while drastically cutting down operation time.


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About Dr. Vagan Tapaltsyan, DDS PhD

A long time Berkeley resident, Dr Vagan Tapaltsyan received both his DDS and PhD in Craniofacial Sciences from UCSF School of Dentistry and completed postdoctoral training at Harvard. With over 15 years of experience, Dr Tapaltsyan has placed over 10,000 dental implants and completed thousands of total mouth reconstructions, consistently ranking as one of the nation's most prolific implant surgeons.
Dr Tapaltsyan holds a rank of Assistant Professor at UCSF, where he was the Director of Evidence-Based Dentistry Faculty Improvement Program as well as a core faculty member in the post-graduate Dental Implantology Training Program, teaching advanced implant surgery to other implant surgeons in California and beyond. In addition, he serves as a consultant for California Northstate College of Dental Medicine and visiting professor at the University of Central Oklahoma.
In addition to practicing dentistry and teaching, Dr. Tapaltsyan's research deals with dental implantology and regenerative biology, which can one day help us grow new teeth and bone. He has authored many research articles and academic books on the topic of bone and tooth regeneration with over a thousand citations and has lectured on this topic internationally. As an innovator and inventor in the field of dental implants, he holds several international patents on key implant improvements.
For his research efforts in the field of implantology and dental developmental biology, Dr. Tapaltsyan has been honored with the Ruth L Kurschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as awards from the American Association of Oral Biologists, the Society of Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the American Dental Association (ADA).

Initial Consultation Appointment:
At your initial consultation, Dr Tapaltsyan will do a comprehensive examination of your teeth and jawbone and review both surgical and restorative options. Dr Tapaltsyan will also go over all benefits, risks, and alternatives to full mouth implants. He will show you examples of cases and models of different kinds of teeth as well as models of implants. Dr Tapaltsyan only places Straumann implants, which are the most advanced implants in the field. In order to properly assess each patient and determine if you are a candidate for full mouth implants, Dr Tapaltsyan will need to review a 3-D Xrays of your jaws, known as a CT-scan. If you recently had a CT scan taken, please arrange for it to be transferred to us or bring a copy with you. If not, we will need to take one at your consultation - the cost for CT is $465 (to be credited towards your case). Once determined that you are a candidate for full mouth implants, you will receive an all-inclusive estimate for your treatment and will be able to schedule your following appointment.
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Office Hours:
Monday: 8AM - 5PM
Tuesday: 8AM - 7PM
Wednesday: 8AM - 5PM
Thursday: 8AM - 5PM
Friday: 8AM - 5PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday Closed