Dr Ana Ferro, Speaker at Edentulism2023
Key takeaways
- Dr. Ana Ferro graduated from the Lisbon dental school in 2004 and joined MALO CLINIC Lisbon in 2005, practising and teaching the All-on-4 concept for roughly 17 years.
- In Ferro's practice, long-term All-on-4 success depends less on the surgery itself than on a hygienic prosthesis and lifelong patient maintenance.
- Ferro reports approximately 95% implant survival at 13 years for All-on-4 rehabilitations.
- Bicortical anchorage is used to obtain primary stability in soft bone, and Ferro's group published 10-year follow-up data on the technique.
- All-on-4 treatment is a team-approach procedure involving the surgeon, prosthodontist, dental technician, oral hygienist, and the patient.
- Ferro treats lost implants and fractured prostheses as routine, solvable complications rather than failures.
- MALO CLINIC reaches the 25-year anniversary of its first All-on-4 patient the year after this interview.
What you'll learn
- Why prosthesis hygiene and lifelong patient maintenance, not the surgery alone, drive long-term All-on-4 success
- Using bicortical anchorage to achieve primary stability in soft bone
- Managing lost implants and fractured prostheses as routine complications rather than failures
- The team-approach model: surgeon, prosthodontist, dental technician, oral hygienist, and patient
- Interpreting long-term data (about 95% implant survival at 13 years) to refine treatment protocols
About the guest
Dr. Ana Ferro
Dr. Ana Ferro graduated from the Lisbon dental school (University of Lisbon) in 2004 and joined MALO CLINIC Lisbon in 2005, where she encountered the All-on-4 concept for the immediate rehabilitation of edentulous patients and dedicated her career to practising, developing, publishing on, and teaching it. She is Head of the Oral Surgery, Periodontology and Implant Treatment department at MALO CLINIC Lisboa and a specialist in periodontology. In this Edentulism 2023 preview she focuses on maximizing the long-term success of All-on-4 rehabilitations and on managing complications.
Credentials: Head of Oral Surgery, Periodontology and Implant Treatment, MALO CLINIC Lisboa; Specialist in Periodontology; Invited Clinical Professor, University of Lisbon
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