zygomatic implants, the solution for the impossible cases
Written by:The appearance of dental implants has helped many patients solve tooth loss each year worldwide. Treatment involves placing a screw, which acts as root, and in which a crown is set to provide a solution to tooth loss with fixed prostheses.
Although a simple process, there are cases where the absence of bone in the jaw precludes placing these implants. This loss of teeth in the maxilla is often a result of wear for many years a removable prosthesis, which would prevent placing traditional implants.
Treatment of zygomatic implants
In patients who prove difficult to apply implants, maxillofacial surgeons have developed different techniques performed through graft and thus regenerate lost bone and allow placement of implants. The fear of those patients suffering from bone loss so great that it would require undergo surgery to remove the hip bone or skull for graft has contributed to the research of a new technique. It consists of placing implants anchored in the malar bone, action restores a fixed prosthesis without having to carry out graft. It is usually performed under local anesthesia and sedation or general anesthesia, always in the presence of an anesthetist and the required sanitary measures.
This type of technique is more difficult than usual, therefore it requires more experience and training. Usually a limited intervention maxillofacial surgeons and / or dentists with extensive surgical experience.
Aesthetic dental implantology
Made treatment zygomatic implants does not mean giving cosmetic dentistry, especially in cases of compromised bone loss. In these situations we should treat them from a special focus, making a thorough examination of the anatomy and the patient's smile.
Thus, the aesthetic treatment begins from the same extraction as may be necessary to perform a bone graft or gum. After placing the implant perhaps the establishment of a provisional prosthesis that shape the gum to get an excellent and satisfying cosmetic result for the patient is required. The patient can go home with fixed provisional teeth on the same day or the next day, if the patient requests it.
