World J Oral Maxillofac Surg | Volume 1, Issue 2 | Short Communication | Open Access

Pterygoid Dental Implants: An Alternative Solution for Treatment of Posterior Atrophic Maxilla. Clinical Report on a Series of 20 Patients

Leon Ardekian^1*, Leah Levit², Rafael Ishabaiv¹ and Michael Levit³

¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Smile4 You Clinic, Israel
²Department of Lipid, Hadassah Medical Center, Israel
³Department of Prosthodontics, Hebrew University- Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Israel

^*Correspondance to: Leon Ardekian 

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Abstract

Posterior atrophic maxilla is very challenging to every surgeon to limit the implant placement. There are many surgical techniques are described for the reconstruction. In that sinus floor augmentation, alveolar distraction, guided bone regeneration, zygomatic implants and the use of pterygoid, pterygo-maxillary or ptyrego-tubrosity implants.

Citation:

Ardekian L, Levit L, Ishabaiv R, Levit M. Pterygoid Dental Implants: An Alternative Solution for Treatment of Posterior Atrophic Maxilla. Clinical Report on a Series of 20 Patients. World J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2018;1(2):1007.