A Comprehensive Review on Zygomatic Implants

Severely resorbed or atrophic maxilla has always posed a problem in terms of conventional implant therapy due to insufficient bone. A new approach to such situations is placing implants in the zygoma. Zygomatic implants are placed in patients with inadequate bone due to resection of the maxilla afte...

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Published inNITTE University journal of health science Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 40 - 45
Main Authors Gulia, Shagun, Vigarniya, Monika Malik
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mangalore Nitte University 01.12.2017
Subjects
Dental implants
Dental surgery
Dentistry
Patients
Prostheses
Rehabilitation
Sinuses
Skin & tissue grafts
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Summary:Severely resorbed or atrophic maxilla has always posed a problem in terms of conventional implant therapy due to insufficient bone. A new approach to such situations is placing implants in the zygoma. Zygomatic implants are placed in patients with inadequate bone due to resection of the maxilla after surgery or in cases of resorbed maxilla. These are longer implants anchoraged in the zygoma, and present as an alternative to sinus augmentation or bone grafting. Being a technique sensitive procedure extreme care has to be taken during the placement of these implants to obtain promising results. This article reviews the zygomatic implants used in dentistry.
ISSN:2249-7110
2249-7110