Many New Jersey residents have avoided replacing missing teeth or have opted for more traditional technologies, such as partials or full removable dentures, because they are under the impression that dental implant treatment is simply prohibitively expensive. Well, with the innovation of newer, less expensive dental implant protocols, this simply isn’t the case any more! The cost of new teeth is not only inherently lower, but also with the help of the financing offered by most NJ dental implant practices, it’s affordable. Let’s take a look at how the “new kid on the block” – the “All-On-4®” dental implant technique – is changing smiles and bank balances. You wouldn’t be incorrect in the assumption that having all of your teeth replaced with dental implants is incredibly expensive. It was. But in 1993, with the introduction of the more sophisticated All-On-4 technique for fixed oral rehabilitation, the cost of getting new teeth became substantially more affordable. Here’s how! Traditional dental implant procedures could require as many as 10 implants per jaw in order to give patients a full set of new teeth again. The All-On-4®, as the name suggests, only requires four (see image below). Each implant represents an investment in the region of $2,000 to $3,000, so by cutting down on the number of implants required, the All-On-4® already affords patients massive savings on the cost of new teeth. But we’re only getting started... In order to place as many as 10 implants per jaw (20 in total if you’re undergoing full mouth reconstruction), the dental implant surgeons who treat NJ patients would frequently recommend that they come in for a series of surgeries, rather than one very long and complex procedure. Primarily because most patients who need their teeth replaced no longer have enough bone to place 10, 8, or many times even 6 dental implants. So many patients are told they need bone grafting before they can have their implants. This not only adds additional expense, discomfort and recovery periods, it also significantly delays the time until you can have new implanted supported teeth! The All-On-4, however, only requires that four implants be placed, which can quite easily be done in a single surgical session, strategically utilizing the bone that is maintained. This saves patients a decent chunk of change on all the repeat bills that would be associated with multiple surgeries, including anesthesia, the surgeon’s time, hospital stay, surgical equipment and resources, etc. And the results are amazing! Where many thousands of dollars are saved, however, is by the All-On-4’s ability to avoid the need for bone grafting surgery, which is highly invasive, painful and expensive. As stated, older dental implant protocols would frequently require more implants (so they thought) and hence bone grafting was often performed before a dental implant professional could even begin oral rehabilitation for a NJ patient. This is because tooth loss and the diseases that cause it, i.e. gum disease, leads to the atrophy and destruction of the bone tissue necessary to support dental implants. But through the strategic placement and precise angulation of implants, the All-On-4 is almost always able to bypass bone grafting, saving patients a lengthy recovery period and the bill for a most unpleasant surgery. For all these reasons, the All-On-4 technique comes with a much lesser price tag than traditional dental implant procedures and, better still, can give patients new teeth in as little as a single day! The direct and indirect savings are incredible and the outcomes: priceless.
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New Teeth Cost: The Direct and Indirect Savings Made Possible by the “All-on-4TM” Protocol, PART 23/15/2013 This two-part article series provides detailed insight into how the “All-on-4” dental implant technique saves patients tens of thousands of dollars on the cost of getting new and non-removable teeth placed. Welcome back to our two-part article series on how the “All-on-4TM” dental implant protocol can save patients an incredible amount of money on the cost of getting new, non-removable teeth. In our previous article, we discussed the direct savings made possible what with this protocol only requiring 4 strategically placed dental implants (instead of 6, 8 or even 10) per jaw and a single placement surgery (as opposed to multiple). In this article, we’ll take a look at another key feature that directly contributes to the amount of money patients save on new teeth cost before addressing the indirect savings that make “All-on-4TM” implants a very smart long-term investment. Direct Savings on the Cost of New Teeth Implants • In Most Cases, No Bone Grafting Necessary One of the key features of the “All-on-4TM” is that it typically avoids the need for bone grafting surgery, even in cases of advanced jawbone atrophy and shrinkage. Bone grafting is not only an invasive and painful procedure for patients to endure, it’s also exceptionally costly. Avoiding it enables patients to save all the associated expenses as well as the time they would otherwise be spending in recovery and healing. Indirect Savings on the Cost of New Teeth Implants In addition to the tens of thousands of dollars patients are saved on having new teeth placed with the “All-on-4TM” protocol, this ingenious technique also indirectly saves patients a lot of money in the long term: • Forget repeat expenses, such as adhesives, anesthetic gels, soaking solutions and other denture products. The “All-on-4TM” is the closest thing to having a complete set of natural teeth patients can get! • No need for periodic refittings. “All-on-4TM” dental implants help to keep the underlying jawbone stimulated and alive, which aids in preventing atrophy of the hard tissue. This, in turn, eliminates the need to have the bridge redone every few years or so in order to fit the smaller shape of the jawbone. • Forget taking all those weeks off from work! The “All-on-4TM” can be completed in a single day and, in most cases, patients return to work within three or so days. Remember, time is money and this protocol saves patients weeks and even months of it! The “All-on-4TM” is typically a one-time procedure that provides patients with new teeth that are fixed, non-removable and natural appearing. While the dollar value of the benefits this protocol offers patients can be calculated, it also comes with a myriad intangible benefits. How can you put a price tag on excellent quality of life? You simply can’t. A Final Note on the “All-on-4TM” For countless reasons, undergoing the “All-on-4TM” is by far the more beneficial option for edentulous and near-edentulous patients, owing to the superior functionality, aesthetics, comfort and longevity of dental implants. Unfortunately, however, some patients only see the difference in initial cost between removable dentures and dental implants, rather than all the incredible features they’ll be benefitting from, and so they miss out. If you have lost most or all of your original adult teeth, make sure you opt for the best and most sophisticated teeth replacement option available so that you can reap the benefits in both the short and long term. Remember, the “All-on-4TM” saves money on new teeth implants cost! This two-part article series provides detailed insight into how the “All-on-4” dental implant technique saves patients tens of thousands of dollars on the cost of getting new and non-removable teeth placed. When it comes to investigating your teeth replacement options, new teeth cost is typically a primary concern. You know it’s not going to be cheap, but you’d still rather shop around for the best possible deal. There are two options available for patients who have lost or are on the verge of losing all of their original adult teeth. You can either have removable dentures fitted, or you can have all your old and failing teeth removed and a fixed (non-removable) set of implant-supported teeth placed. In the past, many patients opted for removable dentures simply because traditional implant techniques were so incredibly expensive. Today, however, the innovation of a new and revolutionary teeth replacement technique - the “All-on-4TM” - has completely changed the choice patients have. In this two-part article series, we shall be taking an in-depth look at the many direct and indirect ways the “All-on-4TM” can save patients tens of thousands of dollars on the cost of new teeth. Direct Savings on the Cost of New Teeth Implants • Fewer Dental Implants Needed Dental implants can often cost a few thousand dollars each, so the fewer you need to have placed the better! Traditional dental implant techniques for the treatment of edentulous (toothless) and near-edentulous patients would require six, eight or even ten implants per jaw to provide them with a complete set of new and non-removable teeth. If you were to undergo complete oral rehabilitation of both jaws, therefore, you could be facing the need to cover the cost of as many as 20 dental implants. That’s already a shocking expense and you haven’t even received your surgical bills yet! As the name suggests, the “All-on-4TM” only requires four strategically placed dental implants per jaw and eight in total for those having both their upper and lower dental arches replaced. This is as opposed to 20! This saves patients tens of thousands of dollars on the implant materials necessary to give them new teeth. • Fewer Placement Surgeries With so many dental implants being placed, specialists were often forced to break down a patient’s journey to oral rehabilitation into smaller, more manageable surgeries. Placing 20 implants in a single sitting would not only be incredibly traumatic to the patient, but the risk of post-operative infection and implant failure would be much greater. Additionally, there is rarely ever enough bone volume to place that many implants, and so bone grafting became a necessary part of the treatment. Traditional techniques would therefore require multiple surgeries that would be spread out over the course of 12 to 18 months. And surgery, as we all know, is never inexpensive, so the bills add would up tremendously! The “All-on-4TM”, on the other hand, only requires four highly specialized dental implants to be placed and this can quite easily be done in a single surgery! By offering patients results in a single procedure, patients are saved all the money they would otherwise have had to spend on surgery, anesthesia, consultations and their specialists’ time. Again, this is a sum of money that lies in the tens of thousands of dollars bracket. Stay Tuned for Part 2 To read more about how the “All-on-4TM” directly and indirectly saves patients on the new teeth implants cost, stay tuned for Part 2 of this article series. |