The clinically proven approach
The All-on-4® treatment concept enables the rehabilitation of fully edentulous mandibular or maxillary arches using just four implants. By tilting the two posterior implants, longer implants can be used in reduced bone volume, increasing bone-to-implant contact and reducing the need for bone augmentation. With the tilted posterior implants anchored in better quality anterior bone, cantilevers are reduced, improving support for the prostheses.7, 8 It’s an approach that is less invasive and cost-intensive for the patient than bone grafting, more efficient for the clinician and, most importantly, is clinically validated to work.1-6
Supported by almost 20 years of clinical success, the All-on-4® treatment concept offers a reliable solution for patients looking to escape the discomfort that so often comes from wearing a removable denture, or those with a failing dentition that do not want to spend even a day without teeth. Long-term success has been shown in both the edentulous maxilla and mandible, with long-term follow-up of 5–10 years showing cumulative survival rates of 94.8–98.0%.9,10
These results go hand-in-hand with patient satisfaction, as 98% of All-on-4® treatment concept patients would recommend the treatment. In a study, 95% of 250 patients said that they were satisfied with their new teeth, while 88% said they would definitely recommend similar treatment to friends and colleagues.11
Immediate Function
Today, Nobel Biocare offers more implant options than ever before for the All-on-4® treatment concept, helping clinicians choose the right implant for each case. With Nobel Biocare implants, a unique combination of implant design, surgical protocol and the proven TiUnite surface help to ensure primary stability and maintain it during the healing phase. As such, provided patient criteria are met and adequate primary stability is achieved, Nobel Biocare implants allow a fixed provisional restoration to be loaded on the day of surgery – a key benefit of the All-on-4® treatment concept.
NobelSpeedy, the original and widely documented implant for the All-on-4® treatment concept, is now available in more lengths and diameters for increased surgical flexibility. Shorter, longer and wider variants have been added to an expanded NobelSpeedy Groovy range designed to further help clinicians utilize a graftless approach and achieve cortical or bicortical anchorage where bone quality and quantity are limited, thus allowing more patients to benefit from the proven advantages of the All-on-4® treatment concept.12, 13 NobelActive is another proven implant system proven effective for the All-on-4® treatment concept, including when using narrow 3.5-mm-diameter implants.14
Precision during implant placement for the All-on-4® treatment concept can be maximized with digital diagnostics and guided surgery. Using the NobelClinician software, clinicians can benefit from digital treatment information and conduct prosthetic-driven implant planning for their All-on-4® treatment concept patients. NobelClinician also facilitates collaboration between members of the treatment team and allows easy ordering of all surgical components required for the planned treatment.
Once finalized in NobelClinician, the plan can be predictably transferred to clinical reality using the NobelGuide guided surgery concept, which provides the clinician with ready-to-use patient-specific surgical templates and instruments tailored for the surgery.
In cases where maxillary bone is severely resorbed, zygomatic implant placement may still allow graftless restoration of the full arch on four implants. Building on 25 years of success with Nobel Biocare’s zygomatic implants, the new NobelZygoma implants provide greater surgical and prosthetic flexibility than previous options, while a new tapered apex design has been added to support high primary stability for Immediate Function.
Create an accurate prosthesis in a snap
At the restorative stage of their All-on-4® treatment concept procedure, clinicians using conical connection implants can now take advantage of the new Multi-unit Abutment Plus** – an enhancement of the successful Nobel Biocare Multi-unit Abutment. It is designed to significantly reduce the chair time required to perform provisionalization processes such as a denture conversion – a procedure commonly used for the All-on-4® treatment concept. By introducing a snap-fit function between the temporary cylinders and the abutment, screws are no longer required during the try-in process. This means the common practice of removing the temporary cylinders and the denture several times during the conversion process can be done in a few snaps, with no need to tighten and loosen four screws each time. This new way to work provides a significant time-saving opportunity for the clinician. It can also dramatically increase patient comfort and eliminates worry about the screws potentially dropping out.
NobelProcera – For an optimized final result
When it comes to the final restoration, NobelProcera offers a wide variety of precision-milled fixed and fixed-removable restorations for the All-on-4® treatment concept patients. Patients looking for maximum esthetics can opt for individualized crowns on an implant bridge, while those requiring a cost-effective restoration can select a removable denture in acrylic on an implant bar. Regardless which option is chosen, NobelProcera offers easy handling for the clinician and excellent esthetics and function for the patient.15,16
Restoring more than a smile
The All-on-4® treatment concept puts dental professionals at the forefront of their profession. In fact, 24% of those that attended a Nobel Biocare All-on-4® treatment concept course grew the number of implants they placed by 50% the following year.17
Such success is largely thanks to the popularity of the All-on-4® treatment concept among patients.11 Reduced cost, less trauma, Immediate Function and excellent esthetic results are all clear patient benefits, as is the prospect of a solution that feels like natural teeth. Greater chewing ability, improved speech, increased comfort, less bone resorption – the list of attributes that can help drive patient acceptance goes on and on. Above all, these benefits in combination lead to a potentially life-changing result: the return of a patient’s self-confidence.
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