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  • Title: Remote implant anchorage for the rehabilitation of maxillary defects.
    Author: Parel SM, Brånemark PI, Ohrnell LO, Svensson B.
    Journal: J Prosthet Dent; 2001 Oct; 86(4):377-81. PubMed ID: 11677531.
    Abstract:
    The rehabilitation of maxillary defects is a significant challenge in terms of creating retention and preserving existing dentition in an environment of expanded functional stress. The advent of osseointegration has enhanced the dental practitioner's capabilities in this regard with a remarkably improved potential for increasing prosthesis stability and preserving tissue. For patients with extensive prosthetic cantilevers, however, the opportunity for implant placement in defect areas is compromised unless remote bone sites are considered. Implants in the defect buttress zone through the maxillary sinus in non-defect sites (zygoma implants) can be valuable in providing a level of functional rehabilitation previously unattainable.
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