By Lisa Weber, RDH, Certified GG12 Coach
Dentures have been the tried and true solution to missing teeth for decades … centuries even! Archaeologists have linked dentures back to 700 B.C. when citizens in northern Italy constructed false teeth out of human or animal bone. While dental science has made significant strides since cave man times, dentures remain in the Dark Ages. Today, dentures are no longer made of previously living animal chompers but, instead, rely on sturdy man-made material. Yet, dentures continue to be bulky and uncomfortable, often nearly gagging a patient as the dentures shift, slip, and cause discomfort. Dentures can even cause the jawbone to deteriorate, which changes a patient’s facial structure and function. Thankfully, the same dental science that did away with animal parts for teeth has also created an innovative system for replacing missing teeth. The All-on-4 dental implant method offers a stable solution with dentures that function like the real deal. Depending on the patient, between four and six implants are placed to support an entire arch of teeth. Both the hybrid temporary prosthesis and the permanent zirconia prosthesis function like the patient’s own teeth, offering stability, confidence, and the ability to eat anything they want again.
Let’s pause for a moment and dissect what this can mean for patients. When I talk about All-on-4 dental implants, I’m often reminded of an 87-year-old patient my team and I treated. By that point, many patients would have thrown in the towel on their oral health … but not this patient! She was tired of battling her missing teeth and dentures. When she received her complete arch of stable, lifelike teeth using the All-on-4 technique, she was given
an opportunity for a new lifestyle. She looks younger, feels younger, and said she can’t wait to go out to lunch with her daughter and order anything she wants from the menu. She told us, “If you think you’re too old, you’re not.” I can tell you that restoring a patient’s dentition with All-on-4 is life-changing … and this patient is just one example. We’ve treated patients from 36 to 87. Every single one has been delighted with the results and has become a raving fan of our practice. So, why am I preaching to the dental experts’ choir? You know missing teeth can be a health concern for patients, and dentures fail to fit into many of their lifestyles. You may even be familiar with All-on-4 and are already treating patients in your practice with this amazing technique.
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With visions of Grandma’s dentures floating in a glass on her nightstand, many patients with missing teeth have opted to avoid dentures altogether in an attempt to elude this near- Archean form of treatment. No one wants to
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