title: Implant rehabilitation for atrophic maxilla: a review.
abstract: A severely atrophied maxilla presents serious limitations for conventional implant placement. This presents challenge to the surgeon for implant placement in harmony with the planned prosthesis. Survey of various literatures using internet sources, manual searches, and common textbooks on dental implants shows, that a thorough knowledge of conventional augmentation procedures such as bone augmentation techniques, guided bone regeneration, alveolar distraction, maxillary sinus elevation techniques with or without grafting and contemporary techniques of implant placement provide effective long-term solutions in the management of the atrophic maxilla.
authors.affiliation: Department Of Prosthodontics, Rajah Muthiah Dental College, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: Seyed Asharaf
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Department Of Prosthodontics, Rajah Muthiah Dental College, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: Suma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karthigeyan
authors.affiliation: Department Of Prosthodontics, Rajah Muthiah Dental College, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: Mangala
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deivanai
authors.affiliation: Department Of Prosthodontics, Rajah Muthiah Dental College, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Bone graft; Mini-implant; Pterygoid implant; Sinus lift; Tilted implant; Zygoma implant