In healthy conditions, the entire length of the root of the tooth, up to the neck of the crown, should be covered by the alveolar bone and held in place by the ginigiva and the periodontal fibers. This portion of the bone where the root is embedded is referred to, as the alveolar socket; and as long as it envelops the tooth properly, the tooth can remain in the socket. Unfortunately, disease conditions sometimes make it impossible for a person to keep a tooth in a mouth. When restorative procedures and pulp therapy is no longer a wise option, the dentist has no choice but to extract the tooth and get rid of it. As man’s permanent teeth cannot be replaced anymore, a person will have to remain edentulous or replace lost teeth with denture implant or other implant options.
When teeth are lost, it is the body’s natural action to try to fill the space it used to occupy. The bony socket will soon be filled with bone and it will result to some bone resorption. Bone resorption is quite unfavorable, because it results to the loss of youthfulness on a man’s face. When bone resorbs the face collapses and the patient will appear old and wrinkled; to avoid this phenomenon from happening, therefore, you will need to try to prevent expected bone loss by embedding all-on-four implants into the sockets immediately after extraction.
Similar to the all-on-six implants, you can enjoy full function of your new teeth and prevent inevitable bone loss. That way, even if you lose teeth earlier on in life, you do not have to deal with wrinkle problems.