What this guide is for

All-on-6 Implant explains one treatment, a full arch of fixed teeth on six implants, to UK readers who are thinking about it. Many of our readers are over 50 and have lived with failing teeth or dentures for years. We write for them: plain English, short sentences, large type and no jargon left unexplained.

We are not trying to cover every dental topic. Costs, travel and the four-versus-six comparison each have their own sister guide, so this site can go deeper on the treatment itself.

Sources we use

Every medical statement should be traceable. In order of preference, we rely on:

UK health bodies and regulators: the NHS, NICE, the MHRA, the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) and the General Dental Council.
Professional and patient organisations: the British Society of Periodontology and the Oral Health Foundation.
Peer-reviewed research, preferring systematic reviews and meta-analyses over single studies. We link to the abstract on PubMed or the full text where it is free to read.
Manufacturer documents, only for facts about a specific product, and named as such.

Sources are listed at the bottom of each page with a working link. We do not cite forums, other clinics' marketing or press releases as evidence.

How we handle numbers

We quote a figure only if we have read it in the source, and we say what it measured (for example implant survival, not bridge survival).
We give the size and date of the evidence where it matters: “a 2022 review of 89 studies” tells you more than “studies show”.
When the evidence is weak or mixed, we say so rather than picking the figure that suits us.
We do not round numbers to make them sound better.

Medical review

Pages with medical information are reviewed before publication by Dt. Hüseyin Yavuz Özbek, Dentist — Implant Surgery & Prosthetics at Precious Dental, registered with the Turkish Dental Association (no. 49105). The reviewer checks that the clinical content is accurate and that nothing could mislead a reader about risks. The date of the last review is shown at the top of each page. More about who does what is on our editorial team page.

Opinion and marketing

We are a clinic and we benefit if you choose us. To keep that from colouring the medical pages:

Our view of our own clinic is kept to the Why Precious Dental page and boxes marked “At Precious Dental”.
We name alternatives to All-on-6, including cheaper ones, and say when they may suit you better.
We describe risks and complications in the same detail as benefits.
We never write about other clinics on this site.

Our full position is in the advertising disclosure.

Images

Photographs show our own clinic and team. Models and diagrams, including computer-generated ones, are captioned as illustrative. We do not use AI-generated pictures of patients and we do not publish patient photos without written consent.

Keeping pages current

We re-check each page at least once a year, and sooner if guidance changes. If we change something that matters, such as a risk figure or a recommendation, we update the date at the top and, for significant changes, note it on the corrections page.

Plain English

We use UK spelling and explain terms the first time they appear. Where a technical word is unavoidable, such as abutment or peri-implantitis, we say what it means in everyday words. Our article on the parts of an All-on-6 bridge collects the most common terms in one place.

Tell us if we got something wrong

Email info@dentprecious.com with the page and what you think is wrong. A dentist will look at it. See our corrections policy for what happens next.

Last reviewed October 2026. See also how we write and check this guide.

Editorial policy