Denture-wearer? Here’s How All on Four Implants in Houston Could Change Your Life! PART 3

This three-part article series discusses the key differences between All on 4 dental implants and removable dentures and how these differences can really change a patient’s life and quality thereof.

Welcome to the final installment of our article series on All on Four implants in Houston! In our introductory article, we took a detailed look at what All on Four implants in Houston are and how this breakthrough surgical protocol works. In our second installment, we discussed the bite function benefits and advantages of dental implants over removable dentures. Now, in the final part of the series, we shall take a look at how All on Four implants in Houston compare with dentures as far as oral comfort, convenience and smile aesthetics are concerned.

All on Four Implants in Houston Vs. Removable Dentures: Oral Comfort and Convenience

Removable dentures cause all sorts of problems for patients:

• Their bulkiness can trigger the gag reflex in more sensitive patients.
• They impede one’s ability to taste their food properly.
• They harbor food and bacteria causing bad breath.
• They need to be removed after meals for cleaning and at nighttime.
• They press down uncomfortable on the gums causing pain while eating.
• They slip around and can even fall out if they don’t fit snugly.
• They require patients to repeatedly spend money on adhesive strips to prevent slippage.
• Dentures require refitting every few years or so because of the loss of hard tissue volume in the jaw (caused by tooth loss.)

All on Four implants in Houston are used to support a fully customized and non-removable prosthetic dental bridge in the mouth. Because this bridge reaps all the support it needs to remain permanently ‘anchored,’ its construction is much slimmer and far less bulky. Consequently:

• All on Four implants in Houston do not trigger the gag reflex.
• They do not impeded one’s ability to taste their food properly, which makes meal times far more enjoyable!
• All on Four implants in Houston support a bridge that sits tightly against the gums, so it cannot harbor food and bacteria. This promotes a greater standard of oral hygiene.
• The bridge is non-removable and cleaned just like natural teeth; with regular and thorough brushing and flossing.
• All on Four implants in Houston do not cause any oral pain or discomfort.
• The bridge affixed to All on Four implants in Houston cannot move around or fall out.
• All on Four implants in Houston last decades before restoration or replacement becomes necessary.

All on Four Implants in Houston Vs. Removable Dentures: Smile Aesthetics

Removable dentures rely upon their bulk to prevent them from slipping around in the patient’s mouth. As a result:

• They push against the lips from the inside, making them look thin and stretched.
• They cause unnatural smile aesthetics.
• Dentures do not keep the underlying jaw bone alive and stimulated. The resultant steady loss of jaw bone tissue causes that aged and sunken oral appearance we typically associate with the elderly.

All on Four implants in Houston, on the other hand, support a very slim and far more natural-looking bridge, which:

• Doesn’t push against the lips from inside the mouth, making them appear old and stretched.
• Is fabricated from high quality and durable materials to be virtually indistinguishable in aesthetics from a full set of natural, healthy teeth.
• All on Four implants in Houston support a healthy jaw bone, which prevents atrophy from affecting a patient’s natural youthful facial contours in the long term.

All on Four Implants in Houston: The Natural Choice

When it comes to your quality of life and smile confidence, nothing can beat the benefits and advantages offered by All on Four implants in Houston. Make that investment in the future of your oral health, comfort, bite functionality and smile aesthetics today and you will enjoy the benefits for a lifetime.

The Benefits and Advantages of All on Four Implants in Houston, PART 2

This four part article series explores the various benefits and advantages afforded by the All on Four dental implant protocol as compared with traditional tooth replacement techniques and technologies.

Welcome back to our four-part article series on All on Four implants in Houston, courtesy of qualified and experienced implant dentist, Dr. Wayne Brueggen. In our previous article post, we began looking at some of the benefits offered by All on Four implants over and above that archaic too_TMth replacement technology; partial and full removable dentures. In this, the second installment of the series, we shall take an in-depth look at the cosmetic benefits and advantages afforded by All on Four implants in Houston: the sophisticated and unrivalled solution to rampant tooth loss and edentulism (not having a single original adult tooth left).

The Cosmetic Benefits of All on Four Implants in Houston

Even a single missing tooth can have a devastating effect upon one’s ability to smile with confidence. And the smile is one of the most important physical assets we as human beings have! So just imagine what rampant tooth loss as a result of decay and periodontal (gum) disease can do to one’s self-esteem! Perhaps you know all too well what it feels like to struggle with the ceaseless challenges associated with being edentulous. All on Four implants in Houston offer fantastic cosmetic solutions to multiple missing teeth and total tooth loss. And these solutions go beyond the short term to ensure that patients are able to retain their youthful facial contours.

• All on Four Implants in Houston: The Exceptional Results Achieved

The prosthetic dental bridge that is affixed to the All on Four implants is carefully and expertly fabricated to be virtually indistinguishable from a complete set of natural teeth. No matter how broad your smile, those around you simply won’t be able to tell the difference between your new, beautiful teeth and a full set of natural, healthy pearly whites.

• All on Four Implants in Houston: A Perfect Fit for a Natural Appearance

Removable dentures, as the name suggests, are not fixed in the mouth and so rely upon their bulkiness and fit in order to not shift around or fall out. The peripheral regions of additional mass, known as flanges, help to stabilize dentures in the mouth, but they also press on the lips from inside the mouth. This makes the lips look thin and stretched, which has an aging effect upon the face. All on Four implants in Houston are used to ‘anchor’ a non-removable prosthetic dental bridge in the mouth. Thanks to the support provided by dental implants, additional bulk isn’t necessary to prevent the bridge from slipping or falling out. Consequently, the results achieved look far more natural and beautiful and feel far more comfortable!

• All on Four Implants in Houston: The Preservation of Youthful Facial Contours

All on Four implants play an integral role in keeping the underlying jaw bone stimulated and alive; something that removable dentures simply can’t achieve. By keeping the jaw bone healthy, a patient’s natural facial contours can remain strong and youthful for years and even decades. This, however, does hinge upon a patient seeking prompt treatment for multiple missing teeth and tooth loss. The longer you avoid having All on Four implants placed, the more advanced the bone loss in the jaw becomes and the more affected your cosmetic appearance will become.

All on Four Implants: Stay Tuned…

To find out more about All on Four implants in Houston and how they offer a comprehensive, sophisticated and long term solution to edentulism and near-edentulism, stay tuned for the third installment of this four-part article series, courtesy of implant dentist, Dr. Wayne Brueggen.

All on Four Implants in Houston: Overcoming Traditional Implant Challenges

This article describes how the ‘All-on-4’ dental implant protocol is capable of bypassing one of the biggest problems facing traditional implant techniques: the need for bone grafting surgery.

Since the technology’s conception in the early 1990’s, All on Four implants in Houston have gone on to revolutionize the fields of dental implantology and fixed oral rehabilitation. Not only does this innovation enable skilled and experienced dentists to replace a patient’s entire set of old and failing teeth in as little as a single day, with a single surgery, but it also does so at a much reduced cost. With none of the challenges and repeated expenses associated with removable dentures or false teeth, All on Four implants in Houston are really the 21st century solution to rampant tooth loss and edentulism (not having any of your original adult teeth left). It is at this juncture that countless patients ask to see the fine print. After all, the ability to get new, permanent and non-removable teeth in a day does seem to be quite a stretch of the imagination! However, there is nothing fictitious about the results attained by All on Four implants in Houston… and here is how this incredible protocol works:

All on Four Implants in Houston: The Importance of Good Jaw Bone Health

Before All on Four implants in Houston, a main determinant of candidacy for traditional dental implant protocol was jaw bone health. Unfortunately, patients who have long lost most or all of their teeth to periodontal (gum) disease, also present with a reduction of bone tissue volume in the jaw. You see, bone needs ‘exercise’ just like any muscle in the body. The roots of your teeth, while serving to provide a strong and stable anchor for the crowns, also provide an essential source of stimulation to the jaw bone through the natural forces and pressures associated with grinding and biting. When this stimulation is lost, the bone tissue begins to atrophy and waste away. The subsequent steady loss of bone volume in the jaw over the years not only results in substantial changes to the natural and youthful appearance of the face, mouth and jaw, but it can also make the placement of dental implants too complicated for a surgeon to consider it a viable option.

All on Four Implants in Houston: Bypassing the Need for Bone Grafting

It was a huge irony that the patients that most needed dental implants were unable to get them due to the deteriorated state of their jaw bone health. The solution to this problem is bone grafting; a lengthy, painful and expensive procedure that augments and encourages the growth of new and healthy bone tissue in the jaw. However, with a healing period of up to a year and even more, the need for bone grafting can become a serious obstacle in a patient’s journey to complete oral rehabilitation. It is for this reason (amongst others) that the innovation of All on Four implants in Houston came as such a revelation. Owing to the precise placement and angulation of only four dental implants, a fully customized prosthetic dental bridge is able to be immediately affixed in the mouth. In other words, the protocol used to place the All on Four implants in Houston almost always avoids the need for bone grafting surgery beforehand.



As a result, All on Four implants in Houston can be placed by a skilled and experienced dentist in as little as a single day, enabling patients to enjoy the immediate benefits of a full set of beautiful, fully-functional and natural-looking teeth!

All on Four Implants in Houston: Innovative Procedure for Complete Oral Rehabilitation!

This article explores the All on Four dental implant procedure as well as the use of titanium metal as the material from which they are fabricated. It then goes on to present the various benefits and advantages of this innovative technique.


All on Four Implants in Houston: Overview

All on Four implants in Houston offer patients presenting with multiple missing teeth and even edentulism (not having any of your original adult teeth left) with a comprehensive and working solution to all of their oral problems. Not only does this innovative technique ensure that patients leave the dental office with all traces of bacterial infection and gum disease (the leading cause of rampant tooth loss) completely eradicated, but it also ensures that they can return to their normal lives with a full set of aesthetic, functional and non-removable teeth. With renewed confidence and self-esteem, All on Four implants in Houston have made an immense impact upon the lives of tens of thousands of people!

All on Four Implants in Houston: The Procedure

As the name suggests, this technique involves the affixing of a fully customized prosthetic dental bridge to four dental implants that have been carefully inserted at precise angles in regions of the jaw that naturally contain a greater volume of atrophy-resistant bone tissue. Traditional teeth replacement techniques frequently call for six, eight and even more dental implants to be inserted in order to restore aesthetics and functionality to the mouth that has been severely damaged by periodontal (gum) disease. More dental implants mean greater pain and discomfort, a longer recovery period as well as increased costs for the patient. All on Four implants in Houston largely avoid all these problems through the precise angulation and location of only four dental implants, which provides ample support for a dental bridge; a full set of artificial teeth held together by a rigid prosthetic structure. The dental implants themselves are self-supporting artificial ‘tooth roots’ that are fabricated to fit neatly into predrilled sockets in the jawbone. The choice of the metal titanium as the material from which they are constructed is an interesting one and has been made for several reasons:

• Titanium metal is incredibly strong and durable,
• It is non-corrosive, so it won’t deteriorate or rust over time,
• It is completely stable and non-toxic, and
• It has the unique property of being able to form a strong biological bond with bone tissue; a process termed ‘osseointegration’.

Together, these properties enable the titanium All on Four implants in Houston to provide an exceptionally strong platform upon which the prosthetic dental bridge can be affixed to.

All on Four Implants in Houston: Benefits and Advantages

Thanks to innovative work done by the pioneer of All on Four implants in Houston, European implantologist Dr. Paulo Malo, modern dental science now has a comprehensive solution to tooth loss and edentulism that:

• Is fixed (non-removable) and long-term,
• Immediately functional,
• Feels like a full set of natural teeth,
• Is virtually indistinguishable from natural healthy teeth,
• Can be applied to a much wider range of cases, even those that present with advanced periodontal disease,
• The entire procedure behind All on Four implants in Houston can be completed in as little as a single dental appointment of only a few hours!