Westcoast International Dental Clinic Vietnam

Westcoast Smile Design: All-ON-4 Dental Implants in Vietnam

ALL-ON-4 Dental Implants Procedure

All-ON-4 Dental Implants with our patient, a 66 year old Vietnamese grandmother who decided it was time to have a new smile.

She has two grandsons of four and six years old and she realized they were very aware grandma had a strange smile. She decided to visit Westcoast for the main reason that she wanted to have her grandchildren to perceive her as looking normal.
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ALL-ON-4 Case Details

This is a detailed case report in three parts in which we outline “How We Do Things” at Westcoast.

Our patient was so happy with the outcome, she openly volunteered to share her story to help anybody that is fearful about dentists.

Before Surgery

Imaging for Implant Planning for Smile Design (All-ON-4 Dental Implants)

All her teeth had to be removed.

Building a new smile is like building anything in which you want to do it right. It requires a proper design plan.

The orientation of the smile plane is determined by using devices and try ins to help predict what the final outcome will be like. We use a surgical guide that allows for precise placement of the planned dental implants. This allows for excellent accuracy and prevents damage to nearby sinuses and nerves.

After the implant and proposed teeth position is decided, we know what the smile will be like.

All-ON-4 Surgery Details

One major advantage of All-ON-4 Dental Implants surgery is that there is no need for bone grafting. Placing the implants in allows us to control the process of bone loss which occurs when teeth are taken out. This drawing illustrates bone loss that occurs once the remaining teeth are extracted.

The All-On-4 dental implants technique can provide immediate upper or lower dental restoration to a patient after surgery, which is a concept commonly referred to as Teeth in a Day. This procedure cannot be done if extensive bone grafting is necessary.

The photos illustrate our patient a day after dental implant surgery. No swelling and no pain. This is the truth-in-fact about the All-On-4 dental implants procedure. Because there is no bone grafting and our technique is minimally invasive, patients return to function quickly without downtime. We chose a removable upper over-denture that is firm and solid on the top. It doesn’t move with chewing even steak or “thit bo kho” (beef jerky). The attachments are very special and lock the denture on.

Westcoast Dental Laboratory

At Westcoast, we checked and rechecked with our dental technician team in order to proceed with completion. All fittings are verified to be 100% accurate.

Lip profile, the smile line, the amount of pink gum to show and other important criteria are on a check list of what we evaluate to be the most esthetically pleasing with our Westcoast Smile Design process.