What is the Success Rate for "All on Four" Dental Implants?

asked 1 year ago by sandyanon in Overland Park, KS
Latest answer by Olga Kharevich, DMD, PhD
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Tags: effective, titanium

The all on four implants replace complete upper teeth with four titanium pins holding them. How can one insure they will not have a negative reaction to the titanium implants?

5 answers to What is the Success Rate for "All on Four" Dental Implants?

All-on-4 Implant supported prosthesis

Multiple techniques allow nowadays predictable results with immediate load of the prosthesis for edentulous patients. Depending upon the remaining amount of bone we can place 6-8 implants in cases with minimal bone loss where the prosthesis will have ony "white teeth" without pink porcelian or acrylic. But in patients with extensive bone loss, this type of treatment can become challenging. The most common areas that have limited amount of remaining bone is posterior maxilla and... more

Olga Kharevich, DMD, PhD
Miami Cosmetic Dentist

www.cosmeticreconstructivedentistry.com

All-on-Four implant approach

First the answer to your question regarding reaction to implants: All implants are made of titanium which is very bone and tissue friendly and does not cause any reaction or rejection. Infection or inflammation is the only factor that can cause implants 'not take'. As for All-on-Four implant approach, it's important to know that it is not for everyone and only selected patients may be appropriate for it. Also, it requires close collaboration between surgeon and the... more

H. Ryan Kazemi, DMD
Bethesda Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon

www.facialart.com

Implants have high success rates.

All on four can work depending on your age and the density of your bone structure. A bone density test can reveal that and a panorex or CT scan. I would do more implants than 4 tho or at least get a second opionion from someone that does NOT do the all on four treatment.

Michael J. Thomas, DDS
Los Angeles Cosmetic Dentist

Implant success is very predictable

All on four has shown some great success in cases where conventional wisdom would suggest that all-on-four was pushing the limits of our experience. While it is usually considered to have some very narrow applications and believed that it cannot be used for EVERY case, this approach is becoming more common. For the cases that are appropriate, success is good. Depending on type of final restoration, quality of bone, bite forces and other factors, "all on four"... more

Lance Timmerman, DMD
Seattle Cosmetic Dentist

The titanium aspect of implants is very predicatable.

However, the "all on 4" concept has very poor predictability. The biology of the bone, the extend of the prosthesis are only 2 of the crucial players in this restoration. Most cases have been tried in university settings only, the ones in private practice have had little overall long term success. They do work in carefully treatment planned cases, with very qualified specialists. Sincerely, Anca Bazile, DDS, MSD, New York City

Anca Bazile, DDS
New York Cosmetic Dentist

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