{"id":238623,"date":"2021-04-13T11:17:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T09:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maurosavio.axura.com\/?post_type=trattamenti&#038;p=238623"},"modified":"2021-10-26T10:53:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T08:53:37","slug":"impianti-zigomatici","status":"publish","type":"trattamenti","link":"https:\/\/www.maurosavio.com\/en\/trattamenti\/impianti-zigomatici\/","title":{"rendered":"Zygomatic implants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To perform implant surgery, it is necessary for the patient to have a<strong> jawbone<\/strong> That in quantity and quality, <strong>allow the loading of a dental implant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not always possible: some people suffer from<strong> severe bone deficits <\/strong>that cannot be solved even using the most modern bone regeneration techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This happens, for example, in patients (usually) <strong>elderly people who have been without teeth for a long time<\/strong>: In fact, if the jawbone is not stimulated, it tends to resorb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More <strong>causes of bone loss<\/strong> are usually the<strong>advanced age, untreated periodontitis<\/strong> and the<strong>use of removable dental prostheses <\/strong>(the dentures) which, if worn for many hours consecutively, fatigue the mucous membrane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In all these cases, therefore, we usually resort to the use of <strong>zygomatic implants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2>What is a zygomatic implant?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>It is a <strong>Dental implant that is loaded (attached) to the cheekbone<\/strong>; precisely because it needs to be fixed on a bone placed higher than the maxillary bone, this type of implant can be up to 3 times longer than a traditional dental implant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maurosavio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/impianti-zigomatici-straumann-mauro-savio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maurosavio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/impianti-zigomatici-straumann-mauro-savio.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.maurosavio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/impianti-zigomatici-straumann-mauro-savio-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption><em>Zygomatic implants (image source: www.straumann.com)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Is it safe to load an implant on the cheekbone?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>When we talk about dental implants we always think of them being loaded onto the jawbone, and so it is normal that the idea of a <strong>implant fixed to the cheekbone<\/strong> can be weird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However <strong>cheekbone is bone that has optimal characteristics for implant loading<\/strong> which can be excellently osseointegrated: this is because the cheekbone<strong> does not suffer the negative repercussions<\/strong> related to all those factors that, instead, worsen the quality of jaw bones (age, lack of teeth, oral diseases, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, interventions to load this type of plant have <strong>very high probability of success<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2>How is the surgery to load a zygomatic implant performed?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>It is in every way <strong>similar to a traditional implantology procedure<\/strong>: This means that the patient is given local anesthesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The difference with traditional implantology is. <strong>Zygomatic implants require a more invasive procedure<\/strong> as you have to reach the cheekbone to load the implant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, usually this type of implantology. <strong>is immediate loading<\/strong>, so immediately after the operation a fixed (but still temporary) prosthesis will be loaded, allowing the patient to <strong>Immediately recover aesthetics and functionality of the mouth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final prosthesis will be loaded once the time required for proper osseointegration of the zygomatic implant has passed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zygomatic implants are a type of dental implant that is attached to the bone of the cheekbone; 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