A protocol for maxillary reconstruction following oncology resection using zygomatic implants.

The purpose of this clinical report is to present a surgical and prosthodontic reconstructive protocol for 20 patients who underwent maxillary resection following malignancy to the head and neck region. This protocol was developed over a period of 7 years while treating a series of 20 maxillary resections due to oncology. Patients were reconstructed prosthodontically using fixed-removable overdentures or fixed prostheses, with and without separate obturators.