Los Angeles
Zygomatic Implants

Bone atrophy is a natural phenomenon that occurs after the extraction of teeth, which is exacerbated over time due to wearing of a denture. Patient with advanced atrophy of the jaw due to many years of denture wearing sometimes do not have the necessary minimum volume or quality of bone required to have dental implants.

The situation may be the same even when there are teeth still present, and when these are affected by severe infections or gum disease that cause the destruction of the jawbone. Such patients may often be deemed unsuitable for conventional treatment with dental implants.

Zygomatic, also known as ‘Zygoma’, are longer than standard dental implants that instead of relying on jawbone, transverse the poor area of your upper jaw to anchor into the underside of the cheekbones from the inside through the sinus space.

This approach is used for severely resorbed upper jaws and is designed to facilitate immediate rehabilitation with fixed replacement teeth.

The zygoma implants are inserted in the back section from within the mouth, along with one or more additional regular implants in the front part of your jaw, or in the most sever of cases two zygomatic implants may be placed on each side, which is referred to as Quad Zygoma.