Immediate/Early Loading of Zygomatic Implants: Clinical Experiences after 2 to 5 Years of Follow‐up

Abstract

Within the limitations of the present study, it is concluded that immediate/early loading is a viable treatment modality for prosthetic rehabilitation of the severely resorbed maxilla using zygomatic and conventional implants.

Implants in the pterygoid region: a systematic review of the literature

“…The remaining 6 studies did not report this number, as they only described the total number of patients in their study who received various other implants 3,7,8,10,23,43 . The range of follow-up varied for different studies, with the lowest being 0.1 month (3 days) and the highest being 169 months (14 years) after implant surgery 41 .…”

“…Six studies 7,8,31,41,43 exclusively followed a traditional delayed implant loading protocol in which the prosthesis was fabricated after a second stage procedure, that was performed 6 months after implant placement; 3 studies 3,10,31 incorporated immediate as well as early loading protocols. Prosthetic complications that were reported only by one study included fractures of prosthetic anterior teeth 3 .…”

“…Five studies 3,10,23,31,43 used rough surface implants, two studies used machined surface implants 7,8 and the remaining two studies 21,41 did not report the surface type of the implant. Three studies reported use of pterygoid implants in both partially and completely edentulous patients 3,23,31 , three studies were exclusive to edentulous patients 8,10,43 and two studies were exclusive to partially edentulous patients 7,41 . All but one study reported the use of pterygoid implants for fixed prosthesis.…”

“…The inter-reviewer agreement for the titles (kappa: 0.85) and the abstracts (kappa: 0.93) were deemed 'almost perfect' according to Cohen's kappa norm (Table 2). Three additional full text articles were included from a hand search 3,9,29 , resulting in a total of 20 full text articles that were investigated. Application of exclusion criteria eventually resulted in 9 articles that were considered for final analysis (Fig.…”

Multiple Zygomatic Implants as an Alternative for Rehabilitation of the Extremely Atrophic Maxilla: A Case Letter With 55 Months of Follow-Up

“…The zygomatic bone density permits the use of immediate prosthetic loading. 12,14,22 Indeed, the success of this rehabilitation technique is related to the biomechanical concepts. Tilted implants may create horizontal forces when subjected to load therefore, being the most critical aspect of zygomatic implants.…”