Board Certified Prosthodontist and Board-Certified implant Dentist, Dr. David McFadden, discusses several things dentists don’t – or won’t – tell you when you’re consulting with them regarding full mouth dental implant treatment.
The most popular treatment protocol currently for full arch or full mouth implant treatment is the All-On-4 protocol, (where they replace a full arch of teeth on just 4 implants.) While, on the surface, this sounds terrific, and it has become very popular treatment option due to heavy marketing efforts around promoting it, there ARE several reasons it is not the BEST option.
Dr. McFadden has been doing full mouth implant restorations for over 30 years, has lectured around the globe, held many, many lectures and live surgery courses for other dentists and has performed many thousands of implant treatments, including some of the most complex and challenging ones.
He is one of only 2 dentists in the US to be double board certified in implants (by the American Board of Oral Implantology) and prosthodontics (Dental Prosthetics), “by the American Board of Prosthodontics). This extremely rare combination of credentials and 34+experience yrs of experience give him a big advantage and a unique pool of knowledge that other dentists don’t have.
In this video, he reviews many of the things that are not presented to patients when they are seeking the All-On-4 Implant denture treatment as a way to restore their mouth. He arms you with the right questions to ask when seeking and discussing full arch/full mouth treatment options to help you navigate the conversation and decipher all the dental talk that can be so confusing.
He also touches on the differences between Implant Bridges vs All-On-4 Implant Dentures for replacing a full arch of teeth or a full mouth of teeth. Many people get confused and think an All-On-4 prosthesis is a (fixed) Implant BRIDGE, but it’s not; it’s a (fixed) Implant DENTURE. He shows cases and walks you through all the factors and variables involved in each.
