{"id":9740,"date":"2022-10-20T06:27:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T06:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fmsdental.com\/blog\/?p=9740"},"modified":"2022-10-21T06:27:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T06:27:28","slug":"tilted-vs-straight-dental-implants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fmsdental.com\/blog\/tilted-vs-straight-dental-implants\/","title":{"rendered":"TILTED VS STRAIGHT DENTAL IMPLANTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

One question that has been repeatedly asked every day by our patients is\u00a0\u201cHow many implants do you want to place in my edentulous jaw to replace the missing teeth; isn\u2019t just 4 enough?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

To answer this, we need a clinical examination and a CBCT scan to assess the available bone. Sometimes virtual digital planning will give a correct dimension (size) and number of Implants required for the patients.<\/p>\n

Over a decade, our FMS DENTAL Implantology team that consists of Implantologists, Maxillofacial surgeons & Prosthodontists, with the support of in-house\u00a0CAD-CAM dental lab<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>have treated hundreds of patients with different implant protocols depending on the available jaw bone.<\/p>\n

Tilted (All-on-4 ) vs. Straight (All-on-8 )Dental Implants:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

We always like to place 7-8 dental implants parallel to each other (straight) whenever sufficient bone is available in the jaw. Zirconia or composite teeth can be fixed over these implants either with a cementable or screwable option. For more than 20 years, this protocol has been followed\u00a0where parallelism is given importance while placing implants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But most of the time, patients delay in opting for full mouth rehabilitation with implants. As a result, the jaw bone keep resorbing and there will be hardly any bone left on the backside of the jaws because of maxillary sinus pneumatisation in the upper & the position of the mandibular nerve in the lower jaws. Apart from that, patients delay the removal of infected teeth till it loses all the bone and becomes totally mobile.<\/p>\n

Earlier days, an additional surgery was required to graft the bone in these situations with sinus lift in the upper jaw and a block graft in the lower jaw by taking bone graft from Iliac Crest or any other site of the body. After a waiting period of 6-8 months, implant surgery used to be performed in the grafted area.<\/p>\n

Now, with the revolutionary change in the implant and abutment (connector) designs, a new concept called All-on-4 has been developed. In this protocol, the support from the front & middle part of the jaw bone is taken and two straight Implants and two long tilted implants that emerge posteriorly are placed. These 4 Implants will be supporting 12-14 teeth based on its positioning and length.<\/p>\n

Advantages of All-on-4 dental implants:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n