title: Treatment of a severely atrophic maxilla using an immediately loaded, implant-supported fixed prosthesis without the use of bone grafts: a clinical report.
abstract: This report describes a clinical approach to using the zygomatic and pterygomaxillary bones to provide additional anchorage for longer implants to support an immediately functional maxillary screw-retained provisional fixed prosthesis. The purpose is to report the problems of patients who have experienced the most severe form of maxillary alveolar resorption and to demonstrate a specific protocol which provides immediately loaded implants without bone grafting.
authors.affiliation: Private practice, Douglasville, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Sherry
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Balshi
authors.forename: Lawrence O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.forename: Stephen F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Balshi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation; D003825:Denture, Complete, Immediate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000601:surgery; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D015050:Zygoma / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants