The zygomatic implant has provided a viable alternative for treatment of patients with extreme resorption of the edentulous and resorbed maxilla. Before the zygomatic implant has been introduced by Per-Ingvar Brånemark there was implant-supported or retained fixed or removable prostheses in the atrophic maxilla could only be considered after extensive ridge preparation. The zygoma implant is an extended-length titanium fixture that is placed through the crestal bone aspect of the resorbed posterior maxilla transantrally into the compact bone of the zygoma.

Le Dr I KRISHNA CHETAN est né à Orissa, en Inde. Il a obtenu un B.D.S à l'Université d'Utkal et poursuit un M.D.S au K.V.G dental college & hospital. Il collabore à de nombreuses revues internationales et a présenté de nombreux posters et articles à différentes occasions. Il s'intéresse principalement à l'implantologie.