A Novel Approach for Rehabilitation of a Subtotal Maxillectomy Patient with Immediately Loaded Basal Implant-Supported Prosthesis: 4 Years Follow-Up

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(a) Postoperative panoramic view showing that the overerupted 47 had been extracted to avoid unwanted and noncontrollable further eruption, which could damage the implant’s integration through mechanical overload. In addition to the lake of the opposing artificial teeth occlusion (the prosthesis has only an upper first molar) to eliminate the cantilever force and to reduce and ensure better force distribution. (b–f) A cone beam computer tomography showing a 3-dimension view for the implants’ positions; one in the contralateral nasal floor, two implants at the pterygoid plates, and one implant at the zygomatic bone.

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