Edentulous Maxilla

The goal of this prospective study is to assess short term (12-months) clinical outcomes of NobelZygoma TiUltra implants and Multi-unit Abutment Xeal in the rehabilitation of participants with severely atrophic maxilla treated with zygomatic dental implant procedure. The main goal is to assess the sinusitis occurrence at 12-months after implant insertion. Other objectives are to assess: soft tissue health; biological and technical complication; patient's experience, outcomes (sinonasal symptoms and oral health-related quality of life) and satisfaction; clinician's experience with handling of device and satisfaction; implant, abutment and prosthetic survival and adverse events. Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires at pretreatment visit, postoperative visit, and after 6-months and 12-months of implant insertion. At 12-months a radiological exam (CBCT) will be asked for the participant for the evaluation of the radiological condition of the maxillary sinus.

The principal aim of the study is to evaluate the prosthetic complications with CAD-CAM fabricated provisional prostheses and denture conversion prostheses after 3 months of function. Supported restorations are now a predictable treatment modality for the rehabilitation of complete and partially edentulous jaws.Immediate loading of the placed implants is performed for the rehabilitation of the edentulous arch to improve patients' function. This can be usually done by converting the existing denture base of the patient or by making a CAD- CAM milled provisional prosthesis integrating digital workflow. A laboratory fabricated denture base can be converted into a screw-retained provisional prosthesis post implant placement. This is known as conversion prosthesis. However, drawbacks of these prostheses include increased chairside time for the clinician leading to inconvenience for the patient and a potential for an error in prosthesis fabrication. With the introduction of CAD-CAM technology, it is now possible to fabricate a provisional restoration using digital workflows. This workflow would help the clinicians save a considerable amount of chairside time and obtain potentially stronger restorations better polished and without contamination of surgical field. Studies assessing the soft tissue response and patient-reported outcome measures between denture conversion and CAD- CAM fabricated provisionals are currently lacking in the literature.