Losing teeth is a difficult experience, but listening to a dental practice that “you don't have enough bone to place implants” it can be devastating. Many patients leave these appointments resigned to using a removable prosthesis (the famous “boxes of teeth” or “plates”) for the rest of their lives, dealing with the discomfort, the glue and the insecurity when speaking or eating.
In Vibartwe want you to know something important: That diagnosis is not always the end of the road.
Thanks to advances in modern implantology, there are techniques such as the All-on-4 (or All-on-X), designed specifically for patients with bone loss, moderate to severe.
Why you lose the bone?
When we lose a tooth, the bone that held it loses stimulation and the body starts reabsorbing it. It is like a muscle: if you don't use it, it atrophies. If you've used a removable prosthesis for years, it is very likely that your jaw bone has been slimmed down significantly.
Traditionally, to place an implant, we needed a bone width and height right on the vertical position of the tooth. If it had, the medical response used to be “can't” or are required bone grafts in block, expensive, and painful, it took months to heal.
The Solution: All-on-4 (All on 4)
The technique All-on-4 changed the rules of the game. Instead of trying to put an implant for every tooth lost (which requires a lot of bone), we use only 4 implants strategic to support a full-arch of teeth fixed.
What is the secret to patients with “little bone”?
- Tilt: The two posterior implants are placed inclined (angled) up to 30 or 45 degrees. This allows us to “anchor” in areas of bone of better quality and avoid anatomical structures delicate as the maxillary sinus, without the need for bone grafts in the vast majority of cases.
- The Anchor: When you connect 4 or 5 implants to each other through a bar or internal structure in the prosthesis, it creates a strength and stability, immediate (similar to the legs of a table).
The Data Vibart: This technique not only avoids complex surgeries of graft, but that it often allows the Immediate Loading. This means that you could come to our clinic without teeth or with teeth that are damaged) and leaving the same day or the next day with a smile fixed in the interim.
Benefits of choosing prosthesis on implants (All-on-4/5) in Vibart
If you are comparing this option with a removable prosthesis that is traditional, the difference in quality of life is abysmal:
- Force to chew on: You'll be able to go back to eating hard foods (apples, meat, nuts) that were impossible before. Recover up to 90% of your strength as a masticatory.
- Palate free: Unlike the boxes of upper teeth, these prostheses do not cover the palate. I'll never feel the flavor and the temperature of the food!!!
- Natural beauty: We design your smile to make it look completely natural, returning the support to the lip and rejuvenating the face.
- Total security: Do not move, do not fall off and do not need adhesives.
What happens if my bone loss is extreme?
In Vibart we evaluate each case in a personalized way with ct 3D for the next generation. Even if the technique All-on-4 standard is not enough, there are advanced options such as zygoma implants (that is anchored above, in the bone of the cheek) or implants pterigoideos.
The conclusion is clear: Rarely there is a patient that is “impossible” to rehabilitate in the hands of experts.
Regain your confidence in Vibart
If you have said “no” in other places, let us give you a second opinion. In Vibart we combine digital technology, experienced specialists and humane treatment to refund not only your teeth, but your quality of life.
Are you ready to leave behind the box of teeth?
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