All-on-4 Implants vs Conventional Dental Implants
Conventional dental implants involve the placement of 6-8 implants per arch, but the All-on-4 Dental Implants use as few as four implants to secure a full set of replacement teeth per arch. Placement of All-on-4 Dental Implants usually occurs in less visits than conventional dental implants and involves less healing time and few dental visits. With All-on-4 Dental Implants, there’s less need for sinus augmentation, bone grafting and other similar procedures involved with conventional dental implants. Other advantages of All-on-4 vs conventional implants include:
- Lower overall cost
- Reduced healing time
- Highly successful with predictable results
- Eliminates or reduces bone resorption/atrophy
- Teeth replacement in as little as a day
This procedure gives you a permanent, natural-looking, long-lasting fully functional smile. All forms of dental implants can improve your appearance and eliminate the health issues of missing or failing teeth, but All-on-4 gives a dramatic improvement almost immediately.
Benefits of All-on-4 Dental Implants
Missing teeth and their supporting root system can lead to jawbone deterioration and alteration of the facial structure, but All-on-4 Dental implants prevent that and help reverse the sunken appearance sometimes caused by missing teeth. The All-on-4 procedure can have you looking better and feeling younger as you proudly show off your new smile. Other benefits of All-on-4 Dental Implants include:
- Fast results
- Ability to eat what you want without worry about loose dentures
- Long-lasting smile with a permanent set of non-removable teeth
- Greater comfort than removable dentures
- Improved and enhanced quality of life and confidence
By reducing the chances of periodontal disease, All-on-4 Dental Implants give you a healthier mouth, which improves your overall health. Periodontal disease has links to stroke, diabetes, heart attack, Alzheimer’s disease and other chronic illnesses. When dental implant restore your mouth to a healthy state, it helps fend off periodontal disease and practicing good oral hygiene with daily brushing and flossing along with regular dental exams protects your renewed oral health. Caring for your All-on-4 Dental implants is just like caring for regular, natural teeth.
With the increased bone stability of All-on-4 Dental Implants, you can smile confidently with a shorter healing time than conventional implants. Contact Greater Baltimore Prosthodontics to learn more about this innovative tooth replacement procedure.
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