All-on-Four® Dental Implants Making New, Non-Removable Teeth a
Reality in Just One Day
This article explains just how the All-on-4® implant technique makes
it possible for New Jersey residents to get new, beautiful and non-
removable teeth in just one day.
“New teeth in one day” is what specialists say the All-on-4® dental
implant protocol is capable of and this is no exaggeration! To date,
countless New Jersey residents and those from elsewhere in the world
have been successfully treated and have since been enjoying the
benefits of a full set of natural looking, immediately functional, non-
removable teeth. The ability to go from having failing or missing teeth
or traditional removable dentures to having a full set of natural looking
and feeling teeth in just one day may sound like fantasy rather than
fact, but it is true. Every day, the specialists who treat New Jersey
residents for tooth loss achieve outcomes that were previously thought
impossible and it’s the stuff of dreams for those with a “terminal” or
failing dentition and the already edentulous (those without any teeth at
all).
So, how does the All-on-4® work and how does it make this all possible?
Only Four Dental Implants
The All-on-Four®
technique differs
from traditional
dental implant
techniques in a
number of ways.
First and foremost,
it only requires
only four
strategically placed
implants to provide patients with a new set of non-removable teeth in
the form of a customized prosthetic dental bridge. Due to a lack of data
and understanding, more “traditional” protocols would require
anywhere between six and ten implants per jaw in order to give
patients new teeth! This not only worked out to be prohibitively
expensive for many people, but it would frequently require multiple
surgeries, including bone grafting, as usually there wasn’t enough bone
for that many implants! Fortunately, we now know typically none of
that is necessary! This brings us to our next point…
Only One Surgery
The All-on-4® is specifically innovated to be done all at once, with a
single surgery and prosthetic session and in most cases it does just this.
Instead of waiting for your implants to heal before you have your bridge
(and new set of teeth) placed, you can get it all done on the same day.
There are exceptions to this rule of course and your dental implant
surgeon will discuss this with you.
No Bone Grafting, In Most Cases
Another key feature of the All-on-4® protocol is that it typically avoids
the need for bone grafting, whereas older dental implant techniques
would frequently require this additional procedure before a patient
could receive implants. Tooth loss doesn’t only wreck your smile… it
also causes the underlying bone to atrophy and shrink. Add the
destructive effects of periodontal (gum) disease on bone tissue to the
mix and you have a jawbone that simply doesn’t have the bulk
necessary to support implants. This is why bone grafting would
frequently need to be done beforehand.
However, owing to the strategic placement of dental implants and
careful treatment planning and mapping, the All-on-4® can, in most
cases, bypass bone grafting and this saves patients many months of
healing, not to mention the associated costs, pain and discomfort. And,
of course, it makes it possible for New Jersey residents to get new
teeth in one day!
A Final Note
For all these reasons, getting new, non-removable teeth in just one
appointment is a very real possibility for the patients who have a failing
dentition and who have lost most or all of their teeth. The All-on-4® is
at the very cutting edge of the modern techniques for fixed oral
rehabilitation.