Results
sinusitis, swelling, Peri-implant soft-tissue thickness, dehiscence, skin periorbital fistula, pain, hematoma
HEMATOMA, SINUSITIS, DEHISCENCE
After 12 months of follow-up, 28 zygomatic implants were evaluated in seven patients (71% female and 29% male). The mean age among participants was 55.57±6.39 years-old, the average of the surgical time spent was 172.14±54.60 minutes (Shapiro-wilk test confirmed the normal distribution of pain data in both groups; however, swelling parameter distribution did not fit the standardized criteria, so both clinical outcomes were assessed with a non-parametric test (Wilcoxon).Regarding to the swelling outcome variable, a statistical difference was found between both groups (Three patients had hematoma that happened always as a bilateral episode. However, a greater number of faces-areas were affected in the study group. Moreover, cheek section was drawn in all test hemifaces sides while only that region was just affected in one out of three control group. In a control-side, the suture dehiscence occurred at day 5 post-surgery in one participant (14,28%). On the other hand, six months after treatment, one patient in the control-group showed sinusitis and skin periorbital fistula.Peri-implant soft-tissue thickness was evaluated in 20 out of 28 implants due to two patients did not attend to the follow-up, the experimental group showed an average of 5.2±1.47 mm while in the control group it was 3±1.05 mm, (
