Tag: #oralsurgery #maxillofacialsurgery #zygomaticimplants #implants

Patients with moderate to severe atrophy challenge the surgeon to discover alternative ways to use existing bone or resort to augmenting the patient with autogenous or alloplastic bone materials. Many procedures have been suggested for these atrophied maxillae before implant placement, which include Le Fort I maxillary down fracture, onlay bone grafts, and maxillary sinus graft procedures. A zygomatic implant can be an effective device for the rehabilitation of the severely resorbed maxilla. If zygomatic implants are used,
onlay bone grafting or sinus augmentation would likely not be necessary. The purpose of this article is to review the developments that have taken place in zygomatic implant treatment over years, including anatomic information for installing zygomatic implants and implant placement techniques.