All-on-4 Dental Implants | Full Jaw Missing Teeth Replacemeny

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What are full jaw dental implant options?

If you have an endentulous jaw, have no teeth over full jaw, or requires all teeth to be removal and replaced, there are several treatment options to replace teeth.

Implant supported dentures
ProArch (All-on-4) dentures or hybrid bridges
Full implant bridges

Implant supported Dentures

Removable overdentures retended by 2 to 4 implant posts

ProArch (All-on-4)

Fixed dentures or hybrid bridge retended by 4 to 6 implant posts

Full Implant Bridges

Fixed bridges over ranging from 8 to 10 separate implant posts

Benefits of implant dentures vs ProArch

Implant-supported dentures are removable, whilst ProArch (All-on-4) dentures or sometimes known has hybrid bridge are fixed.
The costs of implant dentures is more economical then that of ProArch (All-on-4) dental treatments due to the increased risks and angled implant component parts for performing ProArch (All-on-4) treatments.
Dental implant dentures also tend to be more stable and easier to maintain over the long-run. Because the denture is removable, you can easily remove and clean your implant posts, gums and prosthese. For ProArch (All-on-4) solution, food debris can get caught under your fixed dentures. You will require professional removal of the fixed prosthese and good cleaning with a water pix to reach under the ProArch prosthese.
Implant dentures normally follow a conventional implant technique whereby your implant posts are left to heal complete before overdentures are fitted over your implant posts abutments. The ProArch uses an immediate function concept. Implant posts and prosthese are done during the same period. The upside is that you will have teeth almost immediately. However the set of fixed hybrid bridges is typically temporary and you will still need to re-line, change and maintain your first set of ProArch dentures with a latter denture or hybrid bridges.

Benefits of implant bridges vs ProArch (All-on-4)

An alternative to implant dentures is the ideal full implant bridges solution whereby dental implant posts are placed exactly at each tooth root location area. A full bridges is then fixed over each implant posts. For implant bridges, this means that you have a new set of teeth. It feels and your have a simliar bite force to that of natural teeth. For implant dentures or ProArch hybrid bridges, you will need to take care not to overload or break your prostheses.
With ProArch implants, your prosthese is similiar to having a one piece full dentures fixed over implant posts. Unlike full implant bridges, implant crowns and pontic crowns that form the bridges are placed individually at precise locations.
Having full dental implant bridges means you clean and maintain teeth simliar to natural teeth. ProArch hybrid dentures or bridges will need careful cleaning under its prosthese daily and cannot be removed.

What are ProArch (all-on-4, all-on-5, all-on-6) Dental Implant?

Whilst the All-on dental implant solution involve a dental treatment to help someone reconstruct the teeth that have all been lost in one or both jaws.The all-on treatment means stable dentures instead of removable ones.

The name “ All-on “ comes from the fact that the complete bridge is attached to 4 or 6 implants. The term All-on-4, all-on-5, all-on-6 is the trademark name by Nobel Bicoare for the full jaw implant supported hybrid dentures concept. The term ProArch is the trademark by Straumann using the same concept . Imagine that all your teeth are connected and have only 4 or 6 roots in your jaw. There particularly are 4 or 6 implants support bridge without bone augmentation. This mean that there is no need for an implant for every missing tooth. The all-on solution can be rehabilitated with only one oral surgery.

FAQs on ProArch implants

When and why are All-on procedures a good solution?

The all -on-4 or all-on-6 ProArch dental implants are an effective solution for those who have lost a large number of teeth in the upper or lower jaw , or in case of complete teeth loss.

One of the biggest benefits of the all-on solution is that treatment can be performed on a small bone tissue , usually without bone augmentation. It is only a minor surgical burden , the addition operations can be avoided
After implantation , in many cases a long term prothesis can be fixed within a few days , so a removable prothesis is not necessary.
The all – on solution results a quick recover because of using few implants without bone augmentation. Temporary dentures can be installed at the same time until you get the final denture usually within 3 months
The use of the all-on solution provides firm teeth with a natural look and stable bite.

What is the difference between all-on-4 and all-on-6

The general difference is that the numbers of implants using . The more implants are used , the stronger ang more stable the teeth become because of the evenly pressureisdistributed to the implant and thus to the jaw . There is no clear answer to which of these options is best. It depends on the patient and the anatomical situation.

How All-on solution work

All-on dental implants, the treatments use a minimum number ofimplants to support a maximum number of teeth. It means that four or siximplants can be use tosupport afull arch replacement teeth. The best part about this solution is that it can be done in a single day. This treatment involves drilling the jawbone to embedded 4 or 6 implant. The new replacement teeth areplaced and adjusted to get a proper bite. The entire process is less invasive and does not take a lot of time . After about six months ,the implants will completely fused to your natural bone

Because of the implant integration to the jawbone, dental implants are a preferred dental solution to achieve the same level of strength and stability as a visual natural teeth . The dental implants become part of the jawbone after integration, serving for a bridge that will support crowns or other types of dentures. Normally dental implants require that the jaw has enough bone to support the implants and that the structure of the bone is strong. An All-on-8 requires more bone and more bone strength than an All-on-4 . However, this is not the only consideration , the patient requirement ,the location of the missing teeth, the situation of the remaining teeth and the general health situation can also influence which type of reconstruction is more suitable for the patient.