Full Arch Implants/All on 4

All-on-four dental implants, also called full arch implants, are the best teeth replacement options for a complete set of missing teeth. However, before we discuss all-on-4 implants, we should briefly discuss conventional dental implants.

Dental implants are titanium posts drilled into the jawbone under the empty sockets of missing teeth. The metallic post serves as a root foundation for your artificial tooth. Over time, your jawbone heals around the titanium post, rooting it in place, making it a part of your body. After a few months, the dental implants specialist attached a porcelain dental crown over the implant. As such, dental implants become firmly-rooted parts of your anatomy, making them the ideal replacements for missing teeth.

However, a conventional dental implant is used to replace an individual tooth — one dental crown per implant. Since dental implants cost thousands of dollars, replacing an entire arch of missing teeth with traditional dental implants can be financially challenging, if not impossible. Furthermore, a single dental implant procedure may last for 6 months, so replacing all teeth would also take up a long time. That’s where all-on-four dental implants come in — the perfect bridge between dental implants and dentures.

All-on-four implants, also known as full arch implants, is a procedure in which the dentist only attaches four dental implants on strategically-selected locations in each jaw — upper and lower. The all-on-four implants are embedded at a slight angle to secure them into your jawbone. Once the implants are secured and your jawbone has healed, the dentist attaches natural-looking dentures or bridges over the implants. As such, you don’t need 32 dental implants and 32 crowns, you only need a total of 8 dental implants and 2 bridges to replace all your teeth.

• Immediate results because all of the teeth are replaced simultaneously rather than one at a time.
• The dental bridges secured over the implants look just like natural teeth, and even better because they’re designed to be perfect!
• No one can tell that they’re fake teeth.
• You can eat whatever you want, without hesitation.
• There’s no risk of the implants or bridges sliding, slipping, or falling out.
• You can speak, eat, and chew perfectly.
• Dental implants are forever.
• They preserve your jawbone structure to prevent facial deterioration.
• They’re easy to care for and maintain. You have to brush and floss your teeth as you normally would.
• It’s a lot cheaper to get all-on-four dental implants than single-tooth implants for all your teeth.