Description
All-on-4® dental implants offer a life-changing solution for patients who need to replace all of their upper or lower teeth. Our Tampa oral surgeons can restore function and aesthetics with a stable foundation that allows for confident chewing, speaking, and smiling. Many patients can even qualify for All-on-4 implants without preliminary bone grafting.
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All-on-4 dental implants
is a registered trademark.
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It really refers to a type
of treatment to rehabilitate
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either the upper or lower jaw.
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If people have non-restorable teeth
or maybe partial dentures or dentures
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that they're struggling with,
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or if they've had teeth
that are having issues,
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at some point, one option is replacement.
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We wouldn't think twice
about replacing a faulty knee or a hip.
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If you have to replace
all of your upper or lower teeth or both,
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then we have a surgical option that gives
you foundation to allow new teeth
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to go and allow you to bite
and chew and function and look good.
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Almost all patients are candidates.
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If you're replacing teeth either
a single zone or all zones,
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upper or lower,
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the concept is to give you front,
back, right, and left support.
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As long as someone's reasonably
healthy, we can offer them the option
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of being awake or asleep
and have a rehabilitation
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for their natural smile.
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Ironically, most people do not experience
significant pain postoperatively.
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When we rehabilitate someone,
whether it's the upper or lower jaw,
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there is a little bit of swelling,
which is typically on the third day.
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After the third day of swelling,
that dissipates,
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and you return to function pretty quickly.
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In fact, we actually have to tell people,
lighten up.
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A lot of times people
want to resume normal diet,
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normal activities immediately,
and forget that they actually
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had a surgical procedure.
