CATEGORY 56 AUSTRALASIAN DENTIST COMPANY PROFILE Dr Paulo Malo’s resolute pursuit of a visionary path gave rise to All-on-4®, the legendary implant protocol that a quarter century later, continues to inspire new cohorts of Australasian dentists, thanks to Malo-mentored experts and educators like Dr Larry Benge. On January 16, 2023, in Zurich, Switzerland, Dr Paulo Malo received the Quarter Century Award from Nobel Biocare, marking 25 years of the revolutionary Allon-4® treatment concept. Few dental innovations have made a more profound impact than the All-on-4® technique. Dr Malo’s visionary implant concept has singularly transformed the lives of over 350 million edentulous individuals worldwide. Yet like a rose that grows from the concrete, it rst had to contend with harsh resistance. Road less travelled Dr Paulo Malo’s journey with the All-on-4® treatment concept began in the early 1990s, at a time when few believed in the feasibility of his technique. In fact, Dr Malo once remarked that he and his teammates were called “cheaters and cowboys” in the early days, despite garnering huge praise from the patients themselves. “People said we couldn’t place just four implants or incline implants. I remember once we did a live surgery, and someone said that we must have cheated on the video because it was not possible to do it in 35 minutes,” he recalls. “But it was not the opinions of dentists that I cared about; I kept going because I knew this changed the lives of patients.” Prior to Dr Malo’s innovative work, dental implants were often not a viable solution for patients with compromised bone structures. e All-on-4® treatment concept, developed with crucial support from the late Dr Bo Rangert of Nobel Biocare, fundamentally reshaped implant dentistry by o ering a cost-e cient, graftless solution for full-arch prostheses. Today, the founder of the worldfamous Malo Dental imparts his soughtafter wisdom at prestigious universities, traversing six continents, addressing audiences ranging from 300 to 10,000 individuals. Just four will do e All-on-4® technique is essentially a restorative dental implant solution that enables the replacement of an entire arch of teeth with just four dental implants. Two of these implants, strategically placed at the back of the mouth, are inserted at a 45° angle using purpose-made Speedy Groovy dental implants, designed to navigate areas of low bone density. All-on-4® arrives down under From an Australasian standpoint, contemplating a quarter-century of the All-on-4® concept would be remiss without acknowledging the incredible metamorphosis it has ignited within the realm of one of Australia’s foremost practitioners in the implant technique. Synonymous with the All-on-4® brand Down Under, Dr Larry Benge is the Lead All–on–4® Dental Surgeon and owner of Next Smile Australia (Sydney/ Melbourne), an establishment where all the dental surgeons and their dedicated sta have been trained and mentored in the Malo Protocol by Dr Malo himself. Dr Larry Benge specialises in reconstructive, aesthetic, and implant dentistry, with a speci c focus on the innovative All-on-4® treatment approach for comprehensive full-arch restoration. He earned his rst-class honours degree in Dental Science from e University of Melbourne in 1980, following his earlier completion of a Bachelor of Science with Honours at Monash University. Eye-opening possibilities e experienced dental surgeon’s voyage into All-on-4® dentistry commenced back in 2004 at a conference in Perth, run by Dr Patrick Henry. Little did he know that The All-on-4® revolution turns 25 Dr Larry Benge As well as eliminating the need for complex bone grafting procedures, this approach o ers a permanent and xed alternative to traditional dentures and is known for its high success rate of 98%, as validated by extensive clinical data over the years. Nobel Biocare’s Speedy Groovy Implants, exclusively designed by Dr Paulo Malo for All-on-4® treatments, are instrumental in achieving implant stability and supporting the immediate loading protocol. Nobel Biocare’s decades-long commitment to science-backed technology has played a pivotal role in advancing Allon-4® treatments globally. 25 years on, the All-on-4® treatment concept remains one of the most vaunted milestones of modern dentistry. is welldocumented, evidence-based solution has been credited with treating over 250,000 patients since its commercial launch in 2004.
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