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Bar-Retained Zygomatic Implant Overdenture as a First Line of Treatment
Luis Vega1, Rachel Strait2, Tyler E Ames3
1Associate Professor, Division of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency, VUMC, Nashville, Tennessee.
Abstract:
Over time the case selection and surgical approach of zygomatic implants has evolved into a primary option for maxillary implant reconstruction. Typically, these implants have been immediately loaded and restored with fixed-hybrid prostheses. This article illustrates an alternative to this traditional approach by using zygomatic implants as a first line of treatment by placing them immediately but restoring them with a delayed loading bar-retained overdenture.
