“All-On-4” Dental Implants: Saving You Tens of Thousands of Dollars on New Teeth in Chicago, PART 2

This two-part article series explains just how the “All-On-4” dental implant protocol can save patients tens of thousands of dollars on the cost of fixed oral rehabilitation.

Welcome to the second half of this two-part article series on the cost of new teeth in Chicago and the incredible savings afforded by the breakthrough “All-On-4” dental implant protocol. In our previous article, we provided a brief introduction to this technique before explaining how - as the name suggests - it only needs four dental implants per jaw in order to provide patients with new, non-removable and immediately functional teeth. This already saves patients many thousands of dollars as traditional dental implant techniques could require as many as eight or even ten implants per jaw!

In this article, we shall now focus on the much shorter treatment time of the “All-On-4 or Same Day dental implants” as Chicago dentists often refer to it - and the fact that it is almost always able to avoid the need for bone grafting surgery.

Lower Cost of New Teeth in Chicago: Only One Surgery

“Four dental implants can quite easily be surgically placed in a single sitting,” explains a Same Day dental implants specialists in Chicago. “Any more than that are you are looking at the need to break down the procedure into smaller and more manageable sessions. This is not so much for the patient as it is for the actual jawbone. A massive surgery involving the placement of 10 implants per jaw could cause so many traumas that implant failure would be more likely. Also, with every new incision comes the greater risk of infection. This is why traditional dental implant techniques called for multiple surgeries.

“With the far more manageable All-On-4, the entire procedure can be completed in a few hours, allowing the patient to leave in the evening with a complete set of teeth! This is an unprecedented treatment time,” says a new teeth specialist in Chicago.

Lower Cost of New Teeth in Chicago: No More Bone Grafting

“One of the defining benefits of the ‘All-On-4’ is that it is almost always able to avoid the need for bone grafting surgery, which was traditionally required by patients who had lost a lot of bone volume in the jaw,” explains a same day dental implants specialists in Chicago. “Atrophy is caused by not replacing the roots of missing teeth, which is a problem experienced even by those who wear removable dentures (since dentures only replace the tooth crowns). Since dental implants function similar to natural teeth, they too require a certain volume of bone in order to remain stably implanted.”

“In order to remedy this problem, surgeons would perform bone grafting on the jawbone. This would augment it and encourage the growth of new and healthy tissue. However, the procedure is by its very nature extremely invasive and as a result, painful for patients to undergo. It’s also expensive and requires several months of recovery before you can even receive dental implants. By avoiding the need for bone grafting, the ‘All-On-4’ cuts out all the pain, recovery time and general inconvenience incurred by having this surgery done, while saving patients tens of thousands of dollars!”

A Final Note

Getting new teeth in one day in Chicago is just one of the many benefits afforded by the breakthrough “All-On-4” dental implant technique. Now, you can get new teeth at a cost that is substantially lower than previously believed possible. With savings of $25,000 or up to $45,000 for more complex cases, the “All-On-4” truly is the best and now most cost-effective teeth replacement solution on the market!

All On 4 Dental Implants Cost in Chicago: Saving You Tens of Thousands of Dollars on New Teeth, PART 1

This two-part article series explains just how the “All-On-4” dental implant protocol can save patients tens of thousands of dollars on the cost of fixed oral rehabilitation.

There are tens of millions of people living in the United States who have either lost all of their teeth to the ravages of gum disease, or who are on the verge of doing so. For many decades, removable dentures provided the conventional approach to teeth replacement... that was, until the advent of dental implants.

However, while this newer technology offered a far more sophisticated solution to edentulism, the journey to oral rehabilitation was long, painful and extremely expensive. This is why so many people opted for removable dentures, even though they would have been happier and more comfortable with dental implants.

Then, in the early 1990’s, a dental implant protocol was innovated by world-renown European implantologist, Dr. Paulo Malo, who called it the “All-On-4.” This special procedure not only bypassed the need for painful bone grafting surgery, as was frequently needed with traditional implant protocols, but it also offered patients the ability to get new teeth in one day, with one surgery, saving them tens of thousands of dollars on the cost of fixed oral rehabilitation.

In this two-part article series, we shall take a closer look at all the ways All On 4 dental implants cost in Chicago undercut the cost of traditional dental implant techniques.

Lower All On 4 Dental Implants Cost in Chicago: Fewer Implants

“It’s all in the name, really,” explains an experienced Chicago implant dentist. “The All-On-4 only requires four dental implants to be placed in the lower and/or upper jaw. That’s eight in total if a patient requires both dental arches. These implants are then used to provide a rigid, fixed foundation for a customized prosthetic set of teeth. Just one of the reasons the All-On-4 is regarded as being light years ahead of its predecessors because older implant techniques would require six, eight or even 10 implants per jaw in order to provide patients with a complete set of new teeth. That’s 20 in total!”

Explains the Chicago implant dentist, “Especially if a patient required rehabilitation of both the upper and lower dental arch! The All-On-4 only requires four implants, which, as a result of their strategic placement and angulation, are sufficient to provide fantastic support for replacement teeth.”

In fact, only needing four implants leads on to the next major benefit of “All-On-4” dental implants and its lower cost to Chicago residents in need of new teeth. The fact that it can be completed, from beginning to end, in a single dental appointment, as opposed to multiple ones spread out over the course of a year or more. We shall take a closer look at that benefit in Part 2 of this series.

Stay Tuned for Part 2

Next week, we shall be looking at how the need for only one surgery and the avoided need for bone grafting further reduce the cost of fixed oral rehabilitation using “All-On-4” dental implants.

Implant Dentist in Chicago: Tips for Keeping Your Teeth in Top Condition, PART 3

This three-part article series provides advice on how to keep your teeth and gums in excellent condition and, in doing so, to keep your teeth!

Welcome to the final installment of our three-part article series on what it takes to keep your teeth and gums in excellent lifelong condition. In Part 1, we spoke to an implant dentist in Chicago about the importance of a thorough home oral hygiene routine and yearly visits to the oral hygienist. In Part 2, we focused on the importance of advanced professional healthcare, which includes regular scheduled appointments with the dentist. Now, in Part 3, we shall look at the role whole-body health and a healthy lifestyle play in keeping your teeth and gums healthy.

3. A Healthy Lifestyle and Good Daily Habits

You can look after your teeth and go for regular appointments with the dentist, but if you don’t eat well and indulge in habits such as smoking and excessive drinking, you’ll still be at a much greater risk of tooth decay and gum disease. According to teeth implants specialists in Chicago, the following habits and any combination of them can lead to an increased risk of tooth loss:

• Abusing Your Teeth: Using your teeth to tear open packaging, force open containers or for chewing ice and hard candies can all damage your dental enamel. Chips, cracks, fractures and hastened erosion of the biting surfaces of your teeth can be caused by this kind of abuse, so be aware of the potential damage you’re doing when you use your teeth for that which they aren’t intended.

• Having a Bad Diet: You are what you eat! And if you don’t provide your body with the right nutrition, your health as a whole (oral health included) will suffer as a result. Your diet also directly affects the health of your teeth and gums.

“Too much sugar and starchy food encourages the proliferation of oral bacteria, leading to a greater risk of tooth decay, cavities and gum disease,” says the implant dentist in Chicago. “Limit your intake of ‘junk’ foods and be aware of sugar and acid rich soda, fruit juice and sports energy drinks.”

• Excessive Alcohol Consumption: Alcohol causes a number of problems for your mouth. First of all, it is an irritant and can cause inflammation and rashes to develop on the gums, tongue and soft palate. Secondly, alcoholic beverages tend to be high in sugar and acid. Bacteria feed on sugar, so the greater its availability, the more bacteria are encouraged to flourish.

Acid softens the dental enamel protecting your teeth, which can cause it to become eroded. Thirdly, alcohol causes a condition known as “dry mouth” and since your saliva plays a fundamental role in protecting your teeth, it can lower your immunity to infection.

• Tobacco-Use: There’s little question about the damage smoking does to your oral health. “Smoking irritates and inflames the soft tissues in the mouth, stains your teeth and leads to a much greater risk of periodontal (gum) disease and even oral cancer,” warn teeth implants specialists in Chicago. “Smoking can and does kill, but the pain and trauma of the downward spiral can almost be worse than death itself.”

A Final Note

A combination of good oral hygiene, regular professional attention and a good, healthy lifestyle all work together to keep your teeth, gums and therefore smile in beautiful lifelong condition.

And why wouldn’t you want that for yourself?

Chicago Dental Implant Specialists: Tips for Keeping Your Teeth in Top Condition, PART 2

This three-part article series provides advice on how to keep your teeth and gums in excellent condition and, in doing so, to keep your teeth!

Welcome back to our three-part article series on what it takes to keep your teeth and gums in excellent lifelong condition. As we mentioned in the first installment of this series, tooth loss is a major and pervasive problem in the United States. If the statistics of oral disease released by the American Dental Association are anything to go by, we simply aren't doing enough to keep our mouths free of cavity-causing bacteria.

According to Chicago dental implant specialists, the professionals who mitigate the damage done by tooth loss, the first important step in keeping your teeth healthy is basic oral hygiene. This includes regular and thorough brushing, flossing, rinsing (with an anti-bacterial mouthwash) and yearly visits to the oral hygienist. In this article, we shall turn our attention to the need for the advanced preventative and restorative healthcare that can only be provided by a qualified dentist.

2. Advanced Dental Healthcare

“One of the biggest problems with oral bacterial infections and the various problems caused by these pathogens (gingivitis, periodontitis, tooth decay and cavities) is that they don’t necessarily cause any pain,” say Chicago dental implant specialists. “Your mouth may feel uncomfortable, especially if your gums are swollen and inflamed, but the symptoms of these conditions can be ignored for many years.”

Ignoring oral problems only allows them to become progressively worse and what might initially only have required straightforward and inexpensive treatment can lead to the need for costly procedures with time. It can even lead to permanent damage, such as tooth loss. This is why it’s so important to visit your dentist regularly for a comprehensive check-up. You might have a problem and not even know it!

What Your Dentist Does for You

“Your annual or bi-annual appointment with the dentist will include a visual examination of your dentition and oral soft tissues,” says the Chicago implant dentist. What he or she will be looking for include:

• Signs of tooth decay,
• The presence of infection in the gums (localized or pervasive)
• Abnormalities in the soft tissue (tongue, cheeks and palate)

Your dentist will also assess the overall health of your mouth and provide recommendations for better home oral hygiene care. You should also be X-rayed, which reveals the health of the underlying jawbone and the insides of your teeth, as well as the roots. The orientation of your dentition can be assessed for any potential problems, especially if your wisdom teeth are yet to emerge. The health and function of any existing dental work will be double-checked to make sure you are getting the most out of your restorations (crowns, veneers, etc.).

“Should any problems be identified, your dentist will perform the necessary restorative work in order to eliminate that problem as well as the potential damage it could do in the future,” says Chicago implant dentist. “A cavity will be filled, a decayed tooth cleaned and capped and a gum infection treated. This preventative and restorative dental healthcare is absolutely fundamental in preserving the long-term integrity of your teeth and gums.”

Stay Tuned for Part 3

The final important component of keeping your teeth and gums in fantastic lifelong condition is maintaining a healthy lifestyle, since your oral health and general health are extricable. We’ll take a look at this the final installment of this three-part article series.


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Chicago Implant Dentist: Tips for Keeping Your Teeth in Top Condition, PART 1

This three-part article series provides advice on how to keep your teeth and gums in excellent condition and, in doing so, to keep your teeth!

In spite of the advanced state of modern day medical and dental heath care, the statistics of tooth loss in the United States are still incredibly dire. Millions of teeth are lost every year to oral diseases, such as decay and periodontists or gum disease. The good thing about most of the conditions that can cause tooth loss, if anything good can indeed be seen about them, is that they are totally preventable! We spoke to a Chicago implant dentist - the specialist responsible for replacing missing teeth – about what we can do to keep our teeth and gums in fantastic lifelong condition. In this three-part article series, we present to you this advise in the following categories...

(1) Basic oral hygiene (Part 1),

(2) Advanced oral healthcare (Part 2) and

(3) Lifestyle and daily habits.

Basic Oral Hygiene

"Everyone should maintain a thorough at-home oral hygiene routine," says the Chicago dental implant specialist. "Brushing, flossing and rinsing are the foundation habits that will help to prevent decay and gum disease and in doing so, keep your teeth and gums healthy. You shower everyday to keep your body clean, so you should be doing what it takes to keep your mouth clean as well."

What exactly does it take to keep your mouth clean? More than just a quick brush once or twice a day, it would seem! According to the Chicago implant dentist, you should:

• Brush your teeth at least twice a day. And not just for 30 seconds or so. You should give your teeth and tongue a good scrub for two minutes every time you brush. That'll give your mouth a thorough clean.

• Floss everyday and preferably before you go to bed at night. Your teeth are three-dimensional structures. Since most of them are surrounded on both sides by neighboring teeth, your brush cannot clean these surfaces. If you don't floss, therefore, you are missing out on cleaning a shocking 35% of your teeth's surfaces! That's like jumping in the shower and only cleaning the upper half of your body!

• Use an anti-bacterial mouthwash. "Gargling with an ADA-approved, sugar-free mouthwash is optional," say Chicago dental implant dentists. "But, it can really help you gain the upper hand on the oral bacteria that can cause gum disease and tooth loss. If you are recovering from gingivitis or gum disease or if your family has a history of oral disease, it is highly advisable that you incorporate this additional measure into your hygiene routine. Other risk factors include times of hormonal fluctuation, such as pregnancy and menopause."

• Go to your oral hygienist for regular professional cleanings. "If you're in good oral health and don't smoke or lead an unhealthy lifestyle, you only really need to get your teeth professionally cleaned once a year." advises the Chicago implant dentist. "Otherwise, twice a year is recommended."

Stay Tuned for Part 2

The next important component of keeping your teeth and gums in fantastic lifelong condition is the advanced preventative and restorative oral health care only a professional dentist can provide. We'll take a look at this in Part 2 of this three-part article series.

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