Almost one-half of adults in the United States have missing teeth and approximately 37 million are edentulous. These numbers are expected to grow to 37.8 million by 2020. Placing four to six implants and immediate-loading with a fixed denture is a very rewarding procedure that can be performed in any dental office. A step-by-step technique will be discussed from treatment planning, workup, surgical-guided fabrication, implant placement, characteristics needed for immediate-load and immediate-denture conversion.
 

Learning Objectives: At completion of this presentation, participants should be able to:
 

1. Understand the recent advances of all-on-four® to six implant technology

2. Treatment plan a fully edentulous maxilla and mandible or partially edentulous patient with a failing dentition

3. Incorporate CBCT technology into 3D implant treatment planning and guide fabrication and production

4. Discuss the complete denture conversion process

5. Achieve more predictable results regarding esthetics, function and cost on future implant cases through full-arch guided surgical denture conversion to a fixed prosthesis technique