They may be used when maxillary bone quality or quantity is inadequate for the placement of regular dental implants.
Per Ingvar Brånemark, widely acknowledged as the "Father of Dental Implantology".
Zygomatic implants have been used for dental rehabilitation in patients with insufficient bone in the posterior upper jaw, due to, for example, aging, tumor resection, trauma, or atrophy.
[8] The success rate of zygomatic implants reported in the literature world-wide is 97–98%.
[9] Complications associated with these implants are sinusitis, paresthesia in the cheek region and oroantral fistula.