Implants in a day – can this be possible?

Many practices advertise this as an eye catching advert. Is this possible with all the

advances in implants? It might be.

Dr Malo of Malo Clinic in Portugal is considered one of the several pioneers of

the “all on 4” technique.

In this way of working all teeth, if present, are removed and 4 implants are placed

and immediately teeth are placed on the four implants (sometimes 5 implants) and the

success rate is higher then expected.

So why don’t we all just rip our teeth out and have these highly successful implants?

No more pain, no more caries, no more periodontal disease! If only life was that

simple! (More of this on another Blog)

As with all implants the success rate of immediate implants is related to the quality

and quantity of bone.

At Smile Dental Implants the percentage of patients we see that could have immediate

implants is very small. All the research shows that failure of immediate implants

is greater than when a period of healing, 8- 12 weeks happens.

I am not if it was me that I would want to swap waiting for eight weeks with a lower success rate.

I can understand that many patients will be wanting to get rid of uncomfortable,

wobbly dentures ASAP but at the expense of something that’s going to take longer

to produce (only 8 Weeks) but will last generally for longer than any other form of

dental treatment? I don’t know!

Who decides? – It has to be the patient after informed

consent of course!

Glossary: - Immediate implants refer to implants placed and loaded for function straight away.