A. Ali et al., IMPLANT REHABILITATION OF IRRADIATED JAWS - A PRELIMINARY-REPORT, The International journal of oral and maxillofacial implants, 12(4), 1997, pp. 523-526
Ten patients (3 maxilla, 7 mandible), who had been treated for a head
and neck malignancy by undergoing radiotherapy, had 42 implants (10 ma
xillary, 32 mandibular) placed into the irradiated sites and either an
overdenture or a fixed prosthesis fabricated. Of the 10 implants plac
ed in the maxilla, 6 were lost; however, there was a 100% survival rat
e of the implants placed in the mandible (mean duration = 33 months).
The use of longer implants and pre-or postimplant hyperbaric oxygen ma
y be necessary in maxillary situations.