All-on-6 Dental Implants: Suitability, Risks and Aftercare
“All-on-6” commonly describes a full-arch dental prosthesis supported by six implants. It is a treatment-planning label, not a guarantee that exactly six implants are suitable, that teeth can always be fitted immediately or that the result will be permanent. The final plan must follow an examination and imaging.
Assessment before treatment
The dental team should assess remaining teeth, gums, bite, jawbone volume, smile requirements and ability to keep the restoration clean. Medical conditions, medicines, smoking or nicotine use, previous radiotherapy, grinding and a history of gum disease can affect risk. Three-dimensional imaging may be required to evaluate bone and nearby nerves or sinuses.
Teeth should not be removed solely to fit a branded treatment concept without discussing whether they can predictably be retained. The clinician should explain why the proposed number and position of implants fit the individual anatomy.
What the treatment may involve
Depending on the plan, treatment can include removal of teeth, bone shaping or grafting, implant placement and a temporary removable or fixed restoration. Immediate loading is not suitable in every case. A final bridge is normally designed after the team is satisfied with healing, implant stability, bite and appearance.
Materials and designs vary. A temporary bridge is not the same as a final prosthesis, and the quotation should identify each stage, implant system, restoration material and what maintenance or replacement is included.
Benefits and limitations
An implant-supported full arch can improve stability compared with a loose removable denture and may improve chewing, speech or comfort for a suitable patient. It does not behave exactly like natural teeth. Food can collect beneath a bridge, sensation is different and careful daily cleaning and professional maintenance remain necessary.
Implants and prosthetic components can fail, loosen, wear or fracture. Bone and gum levels can change. No responsible provider can promise a lifetime result, a fixed success percentage or the same timetable for every patient.
Risks and complications
Possible surgical problems include pain, swelling, bruising, bleeding, infection, delayed healing and implant failure. Nearby teeth, nerves, blood vessels, the nasal cavity or sinus can be injured. Nerve injury can cause altered or persistent feeling in the lip, chin, gums or tongue. Bone grafting or sinus procedures add their own risks.
Later problems include inflammation around an implant, peri-implant bone loss, gum recession, difficulty cleaning, bite problems and loosening or fracture of screws, implants or the bridge. Further surgery or a replacement restoration may be required. Smoking, uncontrolled disease and inadequate hygiene or follow-up can increase risk.
Alternatives
Alternatives may include keeping and restoring suitable teeth, a removable denture, an implant-retained removable overdenture, a bridge supported by a different number of implants or staged treatment. All-on-4 treatment is not automatically better or worse; implant number alone does not determine safety or durability.
Verify the Revitalize dentist and clinic
Before paying or travelling, ask Revitalize to name the implant dentist, licensed contracted clinic, implant system and full treatment sequence in writing. Confirm the dentist’s current Turkish registration, relevant training, experience with full-arch rehabilitation and access to restorative, surgical and emergency support.
Review the Revitalize implant dentist information, hospital and clinic information and All-on-6 treatment overview. Provider arrangements can change, so the signed individual plan and quotation are decisive.
Aftercare and travel
Follow the treating team’s instructions for medicines, food, cleaning and activity. Do not rely on a standard online recovery schedule. Before returning home, obtain implant records, component details, imaging, the maintenance plan and contact arrangements for urgent problems.
Long-term reviews should assess the bridge, bite, implants, gums, hygiene and bone. Seek prompt advice for uncontrolled bleeding, increasing swelling or pain, fever, discharge, persistent numbness, a loose restoration, an altered bite or difficulty breathing or swallowing.
All-on-6 with Revitalize in Turkey
For suitability, what the treatment involves and how it is planned, see our All-on-6 implants page. Whether four or six implants are proposed depends on bone volume, bite forces and the planned prosthesis; the All-on-4 implants page sets out the alternative.
Where bone is insufficient, bone grafting or a sinus lift may be needed before placement. Removable options are covered on the denture treatment page.
Treatment arranged through Revitalize takes place in Izmir. The surgeon and the facility are contracted providers and are named in your written treatment plan. See our contracted surgeons and specialists and contracted hospitals pages.
Our treatment process page sets out each stage, and the treatment guarantee page explains the limited written warranty that applies. Indicative figures are in our price list, but the figure that applies to you is the one in your written plan. We publish verified patient reviews and patient videos; individual experiences do not predict the result another patient will have.
Questions for consultation
- Can any remaining teeth predictably be retained?
- Why are six implants proposed for my anatomy?
- Do I need grafting, and what material will be used?
- Will the first bridge be temporary, and when can it safely carry load?
- What implant and prosthesis components are included in the quotation?
- What can fail, and who pays for maintenance or revision?
- Who is the confirmed dentist and which contracted clinic will be used?
- How will continuing care work after I return home?
For independent information, see Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s guide to dental implants in restorative dentistry and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust’s overview of having a dental implant.