Alex Fibishenko, BDSc - Account Suspended

If an existing implant is not ideally positioned, then it can be removed at the same time as having All-On-4 surgery without additional cost. But is some cases it may well be in a position where it can be used, and then the cost of the All-On-4 treatment may in fact go down because one less implants will be required.

All-On-4 dental implants are difficult to undo, and almost impossible to re-do, thus it is important to find a suitably skilled and experienced surgeon to get the best possible result.

I recommend to look for a skilled and experienced surgeon rather than a cheap price because dental implants are not easy to undo, and often impossible to re-do. Choosing a skilled and experienced clinician locally is not easy, so looking abroad based on price alone is high risk, and teh damage can be irreversible.

Complications with any cosmetic dental surgery or dental implants may occur even in the best of hands. It is therefore important to choose not only a skillful surgeon with a particular expertise in the treatment, but also a clinic where you know that any complications can be appropriately managed and rectified. Such peace of mind does not exist with cheap dental implant treatment abroad, where your clinician has the peace of mind of knowing that you will leave and never come back.

Permanent full set replacement in Australia starts from $17,800, and the maximum fee would be around $31,000 if the bone is very poor and you need other procedures like a bone graft.

Inserting permanent teeth after surgery is the most advanced way to ensure the success of the implants and reduced short and long term problems. However, in some situations when the bone is very poor, thus requiring Zygoma implants, the immediate post-operative swelling may be a hindrance to attaining the final aesthetic result. Nontheless, the nature of this treatment is such that after 4 months the teeth can be safely detached from the supporting implants, and adjusted or re-made as required.

In certain other cases, such as in patients who start their journey wearing a full denture, the plastic extensions of the dentures, whilst unnatural, stretch the upper lip and smooth the wrinkles. When the dentures are replaced with a better contoured implant-supported prosthesis, the wrinkles can return reflecting what is natural and as they would have been in the presence of the original natural teeth. There are certain ways to address this by adjusting the prostheses, but also there are certain facial aesthetic treatments that can address this, such as threads and fillers.

The nature of the All-On-4 treatment is such that the teeth component can be detached and adjusted or even completely remade. However, if the implant posts have not been correctly positioned in the first place, this may be somewhat more complicated to fix, but not impossible in experienced hands.

The issues that you have mentioned are highly likely to occur. It certainly won't happen over night, but it will happen. 

The problems that arise from loosing a molar include bone atrophy, as well as drifting and tilting of the adjacent and opposing teeth, which can lead to further tooth loss and also further associated bone loss, among a list of other problems. There are various ways to replace a missing tooth, such as a dental implant, which is a routine procedure with great success when done by an appropriately qualified implant surgeon.