What happens during your Sofia Stage I visit

Before you fly: online consultation and planning

Most international patients start with an online consultation. You share history, photos, and any X-rays or CBCT files you already have. The team explains whether a full mouth basal plan with a Stage I temporary bridge is realistic, or whether another pathway fits better.

Once Sofia treatment is appropriate, travel dates are coordinated around a Stage I window - usually a short stay of up to about five working days, with hotel and airport transfer support as part of the package pathway.

Arrival and clinical planning (start of the week)

On arrival in Sofia you are typically met for transfer to your hotel near the clinic. After you settle, the clinical visit focuses on examination, review of your goals, and confirming the surgical plan in person.

3D CBCT imaging maps bone volume, cortex, sinuses, and nerve pathways. Together with the clinical exam, that scan lets the surgical team finalise implant positions and the design for your temporary bridge before surgery.

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Surgery: day 1 or day 2

Implant surgery is usually planned for day 1 or day 2 of the Stage I visit. Depending on your case it may include extractions where needed and placement of the implants that will support your temporary fixed bridge.

For full mouth cases we often use basal / bicortical strategies when cortical anchorage supports loading the temporary bridge a short time later. The surgery day itself is about placing a stable foundation - the fixed temporary bridge follows on day 3 or 4.

• •Surgery typically on day 1 or 2 of the Sofia visit
• •Focus on primary stability for the temporary bridge that follows
• •Soft-tissue care and clear aftercare instructions begin after surgery

Temporary fixed bridge: day 3 or day 4

CAD/CAM temporary fixed bridges are fabricated after surgery and fitted on day 3 or day 4 in a typical Stage I week. Your written plan states the expected day for your case within the overall visit window.

Those bridges are fixed on the implants - not a removable denture. The goal is dignity and basic function: speaking, light eating, and a smile you can leave Sofia with - while biology and gum contours continue to settle at home.

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Leaving Sofia: what you take home

After the temporary bridge is fitted and checked, you should understand soft-diet guidance, hygiene around the bridge, medicines if prescribed, and warning signs that mean you should contact the clinic.

English-speaking coordination continues after you fly home. Stage I is not the end of treatment: gums adapt over the following months, and Stage II permanent hybrid bridges are planned once healing supports a long-term design.

• •Temporary bridge usually fitted on day 3 or 4 after surgery on day 1 or 2
• •Written aftercare and a clear contact channel
• •Stage II return visit later for permanent hybrids shaped to healed gums

How Stage I connects to Stage II

Stage I gets you functioning early with a fixed temporary bridge. Stage II waits for gum adaptation so the permanent bridges can sit closer to the healed anatomy - with fewer open food traps and a more refined bite and smile.

If you are comparing clinics, ask not only how fast you get teeth, but how the week is organised: when surgery happens, when the temporary bridge is fitted, and when the final bridge is designed.