Volume 24, Issue 106, November - December, 2020

Rehabilitation of atrophic maxilla with pronounced buccal concavities using extra sinus approach zygomatic implants

Syed Ershad Ahmed^1♦, Parithimar Kalaignan S², Saravanan Kandasamy³

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Vinayaka Mission’s Sankarachariyar Dental College, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (Deemed to be university), Salem, Tamilnadu, India; Email: drsyedershadahmed@vmsdc.edu.in
²Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Vinayaka Mission’s Sankarachariyar Dental College, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (Deemed to be university), Salem, Tamilnadu, India; Email: parithisiva@gmail.com
³Associate Professor, Department of Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Vinayaka Mission’s Sankarachariyar Dental College, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (Deemed to be university), Salem, Tamilnadu, India; Email: srdentalmedical@gmail.com

^♦Corresponding author
Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Vinayaka Mission’s Sankarachariyar Dental College, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (Deemed to be university), Salem, Tamilnadu, India; Email: drsyedershadahmed@vmsdc.edu.in

ABSTRACT

Restoration of severely resorbed maxilla poses a greater challenge to the surgeon and as well as to prosthodontist. The pneumatisation of the maxillary sinuses along with the type of bone seen in posterior maxilla makes it difficult in placing and restoring with implants. Zygomatic implants are used in such type of cases and these are alternative to other procedures such as complex bone grafting and sinus lift procedures. Case report of such Zygomatic implants is discussed in this section.

Keywords: Edentulous maxilla, resorbed maxilla, zygoma, hybrid denture, all – on – 4 prostheses

Medical Science, 2020, 24(106), 4597-4603

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