Tooth loss can occur for many reasons, including gum disease, trauma, and severe tooth decay. No matter what the cause, replacing your missing teeth is essential for restoring the functions of your mouth, your oral health, and your quality of life.
Dental implants have become one of the most popular solutions for replacing missing teeth and can be used to replace a single tooth or a whole arch. At Revive Dental and Implant Center, we offer many implant solutions, including the All-on-4 treatment concept.
In some cases with edentulous patients (patients lacking most or all of their teeth), it’s more difficult than usual to carry out an implant-supported prosthesis treatment without more complex and, therefore, often expensive approaches. All-On-4 treatment, which means “all” of your teeth are held in place “on four” dental implants, is a preferred alternative in such scenarios.
This surgery is a common procedure for full-arc treatment utilizing tilted implants, providing a reliable means of fully rehabilitating those living with teeth that are severely worn, damaged, diseased, decayed, or otherwise beyond repair. The All-On-4® Treatment Concept was developed in 1998 when Dr. Paulo performed the first successful treatment by combining straight and multi-unit abutments. Over time, this tactic has been improved and modernized to help hundreds of thousands of patients.
What Are All-On-4 Implants?
An implant is what we call a small (usually titanium) screw, which is inserted into the patient’s jawbone in the space left from a missing tooth. Once in position, a false tooth or dental crown is applied on top of this screw. An All-on-4 implant essentially takes the same principle, using four implants to support a hybrid denture.
How Are All-On-4 Implants Inserted?
Instead of replacing every missing tooth with an individual implant, we take a less complicated route by placing two in the upper jaw and two in the lower jaw as your teeth’s primary anchors. Dr. Chad Boustany will then connect a denture in the same spots, linking them together in a supportive structure.
Characteristics of All-On-4 Treatment:
Full-arch rehabilitation with the All On 4 procedure involves the strategic placement of four dental implants, specifically two straight anterior implants and two tilted implants angled up to 45 degrees in the posterior region of the mouth. This technique allows for a fixed provisional bridge that quickly restores oral functions, provided the patient meets the necessary criteria for immediate implant application.
A key advantage of the All-On-4 technique is that bone grafting is typically unnecessary. The surgical method utilizes tilted implants in the back of the mouth, working with the available bone structure to provide a stable foundation for the dental restoration.
What Are the Benefits of All-On-4 Treatment?
- Instantly noticeable improvement to quality of life.
- A fixed full-arch prosthesis on the day of treatment leads to a fast restoration of the patient’s dental functions, looks, awareness, speech, and self-esteem.
- Treatment time is significantly decreased.
- This procedure has a consistent success rate.
- The implants are positioned to make them easier to clean while brushing or flossing.
- A final restoration can be fixed, improved, or removed if necessary.
- Angled posterior implants do not interfere with the surrounding anatomical structures in a patient’s mouth or face. This lets us anchor longer implants into the greater quality jawbone.
- As said, tilting posterior implants eliminates any need for time-consuming bone grafts.
- The All-On-4 surgery lowers your posterior cantilever (tooth bridge).
- Treatment is more affordable due to the lower amount of implants and no need for bone grafting.