Zygoma Implant (Graftless Dental Treatment)

What are zygoma implants?

People wear dentures (artificial teeth) when they lose their natural teeth. The most common dentures are called `removable dentures’ because they are placed and removed by the patient on a regular basis. However, dentures can also be ‘fixed’ to the upper jawbone using titanium implants, thereby resembling the natural jaw-teeth relationship. Such ‘implant dentures’ increase the comfort and confidence of the patient

However, many a time there is not enough bone in the upper jawbone to anchor the implants. In this case a ‘bone graft’ surgery is required – that is, some bone is taken from the hip region, grafted to the jaw bone and after about six months of healing, the patient is ready for the implant denture treatment.

A new technology was developed in Europe to do the upper jaw dental implant treatment without using the hipbone graft. This ‘graft-less technique’, also called the ‘Zygoma technique’ (developed by Prof. Branemark& Nobel Biocare, Sweden) uses the cheekbone (Zygoma bone) to anchor the longer zygoma implants. This has the following advantages over conventional implant techniques:

Fixed row of teethwithin 72 hours as opposed to up to 6 months
No need for hip or any bone graft (graft-less technique)
Significantly less discomfort for patient
Immediate ability to bite and chew crunchy and hard food stuff
Immediate confidence boost with great looking teeth!

Who can benefit from (requires) Zygoma implants?

Zygoma implants are appropriate for any person with missing or shaky teeth in their upper jaw as well as those who are wearing a complete denture in the same. They are appropriate for all age groups except children. In fact, a majority of our Zygoma implant patients have been young people between the ages of 25 and 40. The new artificial set of permanent teeth are fixed almost immediately (2-3 days) allowing them to eat normal food and smile confidently. The functional, aesthetic and psychological benefits of this procedure are tremendous.

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