From Burden to Beauty: An All on 4 Case Study

Sometimes the best way to really show how effective dental procedures and treatments are can be to take it from those who've undergone them in the past. Take the recent case of a Kanehl Dental patient, who had all her teeth extracted when she was just 18. As a result, the woman was just wearing dentures—and poorly made dentures that didn't fit her mouth. The woman was no longer satisfied with her current look and wanted to do something about it. What could be done?

The answer: All on 4 dental implants.

About All-on-4

All-on-4 is the closest thing that you can get to real-looking teeth. The woman's artificial teeth used in the process were made of zirconium and specially designed to fit her mouth. While the process is known as All-on-4, this name just describes the minimum implants necessary for the process. In this woman's case, six total implants were administered. The implants are surgically placed into the jawbone, which helps them fuse with the jawbone to create the necessary support for the teeth themselves.

The woman treated with All-on-4 presented a few challenges. For instance, because she had no natural teeth and her dentures were so poorly made, Kanehl Dental had to use a combination of phonetics and aesthetics to really get a good feel for how the artificial teeth should be created to fit into her mouth properly. This helped the dentistry staff create artificial teeth that looked as close to the real thing as you can get for the woman, resulting in a beautiful, natural-looking smile and a very satisfied patient.

Benefits of All-on-4

All-on-4 is an ideal treatment for full mouth restoration because just a few implants can be used as support for a full mouth of artificial teeth. It's much more convenient and satisfactory than wearing removable dentures, and it's a much more practical type of treatment for treating widespread oral issues compared to treating teeth on a more one-off basis. What's more, is that it's also comparatively affordable to conventional methods like crowns and bridges, and it's designed to be a longer-lasting solution than standard procedures. Simply put, as in the case of the woman we detailed here, All-on-4 implants can create the closest thing you can get to a natural mouth of real teeth.

Schedule An All-on-4 Consultation

For more information on the All-on-4 process, and to see if the procedure is right for your situation, contact Kanehl Dental today. You might be the next great case study success story.