Zygomatic implants

In order to perform an implantology procedure it is necessary that the patient has a jawbone which, in quantity and quality, allow the loading of a dental implant.

This is not always possible: some people suffer from severe bone deficits which cannot be solved even using the most modern techniques of bone regeneration.

This happens, for example, in patients (usually) elderly people who have been without teeth for a long timeIf the jawbone is not stimulated, it tends to resorb.

More causes of bone loss are usually theold age, untreated periodontitis and theuse of removable dental prostheses (the dentures) which, if worn for many hours consecutively, fatigue the mucous membrane.

In all these cases we usually resort to the use of zygomatic implants.

What is a zygomatic implant?

It's a dental implant that is loaded (fixed) to the cheekbonePrecisely because it is necessary to fix it on a bone placed higher than the jaw bone, this type of implant can be up to 3 times longer than a traditional dental implant.

Is it safe to place an implant on the cheekbone?

When we talk about dental implants we always think that they are loaded on the jawbone and it is therefore normal that the idea of a implant fixed to the cheekbone can be weird.

However cheekbone is a bone that has optimal characteristics for implant loading that can be osseointegrated in an excellent way: this is because the cheekbone does not suffer the negative repercussions linked to all those factors that, instead, worsen the quality of the jaw bones (age, lack of teeth, oral cavity diseases, etc.).

In addition, interventions to load this type of plant have very high probability of success.

How is the procedure for loading a zygomatic implant performed?

He is in every way similar to a traditional implantology procedureThis means that the patient is given a local anaesthetic.

The difference with traditional implantology is that Zygomatic implants require a more invasive procedure. because you have to reach into the cheekbone to load the implant.

However, usually this type of implantology is immediate loadTherefore, immediately after the operation, a fixed (but still provisional) prosthesis will be loaded which allows the patient to immediately recover aesthetics and functionality of the mouth.

The definitive prosthesis will be loaded once the time necessary for proper osseointegration of the zygomatic implant has passed.