All-on-4 vs All-on-6 Dental Implants: How to Make the Right Choice for Full-Arch Restoration
When most of the teeth are gone, or extraction is the only realistic option left, the traditional answer has been a removable denture. For patients who want something fixed, stable, and indistinguishable from natural teeth under normal use, the modern alternative is a full-arch implant-supported bridge. Two systems dominate this space: All-on-4, which anchors a complete arch on four titanium implants, and All-on-6, which uses six. The difference sounds minimal on paper. In practice, it shapes how the restoration distributes bite force, how much bone the implants need to engage, how the bridge performs over a decade, and what the patient pays. Across Europe, clinics have been seeing consistent demand from UK, Irish, and Scandinavian patients who want this done at prices that do not require selling an asset to fund dental work. Many have ended up at Orto Nova in Croatia, a dental clinic with an established track record in full-arch implant cases and a team that has handled complex restorations for international patients over several years.
The choice between All-on-4 vs All-on-6 is one most patients encounter once, under considerable stress, with little preparation time.… Read more...