In order for All On 4 dental implants to work appropriately, they need to fuse to your bone. After your surgeon places the implants, you will have a series of follow-up visits. The dentist will take a close look at your jaw to make sure the posts are grafting appropriately. Your dentist will also want to make sure your gum tissue is healing appropriately. This process takes a few weeks. Then, once the posts have grafted to your jaw, the porcelain caps will be added to the posts. Once this is done, you should be able to eat a regular diet once again.

Not everyone is going to be a candidate for All On 4 dental implants. In order to determine if you are a candidate, you need to meet with an oral health professional who has experience with this treatment method. Your mouth has to stop growing, and you have to have multiple teeth missing. Then, the dentist has to make sure that your gum tissue and jaw are strong enough to support All On 4 dental implants. Otherwise, the titanium posts may not fuse with your jaw properly. To confirm your candidacy, your dentist might take images of your mouth to take a closer look at your jaw, ensuring it is healthy enough to support All on 4 dental implants.

An oral surgeon will be responsible for placing the titanium posts in your jaw before placing the caps. This is a trained oral health professional who has completed four years of dental school. Then, he or she completes a residency process to learn how to place dental implants. Prior to placing the titanium posts, you will meet with the surgeon ahead of time to learn about the risks and benefits of the procedure. On the day the titanium posts are implanted, the procedure is relatively quick. Then, you will have several follow-up visits with the surgeon to make sure the jaw is accepting the posts properly before the caps are added.