Often the best way to present the effects of a procedure is to show it through a real-life example. To illustrate the incredible results of All on 4 or All on 6, we have decided to share with you the example of a patient who performed the services at our partner clinic.

Because of (anodontia - complete toothlessness), the patient had functional problems, which affected her daily quality of life. Beside that, there is an aesthetic moment, which is important to everyone, and people often begin to lose self-confidence, and can significantly endanger social life. At the center for aesthetic dentistry, the doctors recognized that the patient had all the preconditions and decided to go with All on 4 system, i.e. a system by which the entire prosthesis is anchored to 4 implants.

All the necessary information about this revolutionary method is given below.

1. WHAT IS ALL ON 4?
The All on 4 is the method of making the dental prosthesis of 4 implants, that are attached to the toothless bottom or lower jaw. All on 4 is a minimally invasive and painless method. whose installation requires less time. This concept allows you to avoid all the bad sides of the mobile dentures and any inconvenience if you have only a few teeth left, with which you are unsuccessfully trying to bite.
The concept itself implies extraction of the remaining bad teeth, if any, after which the implants are implanted. Then the fixing of the fixed bridge to the screws follows. Such a bridge is temporary and, on the same day after surgery, it is fixed to installed implants, in order to build and install a permanent bridge after 3 months.

2. WHAT IS ALL ON 6?
Unlike All on 4, All on 6 is a fixed prosthetic work on 6 implants, which is essentially better, because prosthetics is placed on multiple carriers. However, sometimes because of the small amount or poor quality of the bone, there is a limitation when it comes to the number of implants.

3. WHO IS THE CANDIDATE FOR ALL ON 4?

• People who want fixed prosthetic work, who have lost all their teeth
• Patients who have a complete prosthesis for many years
• Patients who suffered a severe bone loss over time, especially in the back of the jaw
• Patients who do not have enough bone for All on 6
• Patients with teeth in very bad condition and intended for extraction.

4. IN WHICH CASES ALL ON 4 CANNOT BE PERFORMED?

• Not recommended in the case of advanced osteoporosis
• In patients with uncontrolled diabetes
• In severe chronic heart disease
• In severe renal related patients
• If the patient has had radiation therapy in the head and neck area for the last 6 months.

5. WHAT IS THE OPTION IF I AM NOT CANDIDATE FOR ALL ON 4?
It is extremely rare that bones are not sufficient for this type of work, but even then it is often possible to make certain bone upgrades, in order to incorporate implants later on. However, if that is not an option, the patient is proposed with a hybrid prosthesis.

6. ADVANTAGES OF ALL ON 4?

• No teeth falling out during talking, chewing and sneezing
• No issues with “stucked food” under the denture
• Eating comfort
• The possibility of biting all types of food
• Restoring the face's natural look and lost chewing function
• No bone transplantation and additional surgery
• Reconstruction of all teeth in a jaw, on just 4 implants
• Minimum recovery time
• A long-term solution
• Drastic improvement of the quality of life

7. IS THE ALL ON 4/6 THE BEST SOLUTION FOR ANODONTIA?
The best solution for replacing all teeth in the jaw is the All on 6 system. However, in certain cases, when there is not enough bone for the implantation of 6 implants, the best solution is definitely All on 4.

8. Do I need to wash my teeth if I have a fixed bridge?
Patients often get the wrong impression that they do not need to maintain oral hygiene if they do not have a natural tooth that could rupture. For patients with fixed prosthetic restraints on implants, regular and basic maintenance of oral hygiene is very important. Regardless of the material, the manufacturing technique or the type of compensation, their lifetime depends directly on hygienic conditions. On prosthetic work carried on implants, teeth cannot be broken, but inflammation of dental meat and bones can occur, which greatly endangers the implants in the bones, and thus the longevity of the work itself.

9. HOW IS THE HYGIENE MAINTAINED?
Hygiene All on 4/6 work is the same as for natural teeth. Therefore, it is not necessary to introduce special methods or agents, but it is necessary to conscientiously and regularly implement the usual measures of oral hygiene.

10. DURABILITY OF ALL ON 4 WORK?
As already mentioned, the durability of every prosthetic work depends on regular oral hygiene. The average duration of the fixed remuneration is 10 years. It is a time in which prosthetic work should fulfil its function, before it needs to be replaced. If appropriate oral hygiene is maintained, individual compensation may last for more than 10 years, and if oral hygiene is at a poor level, compensation may be lost in a very short time.