Zygomatic implants are an alternative treatment for patients with no teeth and severe bone atrophy. Placement of conventional dental implants would only be possible with extensive reconstructive surgeries involving a long healing period and morbidity for these patients. 

Therefore, the Faculty of Dentistry’s Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery has found the solution to the lack of reproducibility of this surgical technique in the virtual simulation of oral rehabilitation using 3D planning software. Promoted by the Chair for Cygomatic Implants, A New Digital Approach, supported by Straumann Group, UIC Barcelona conducted the Intensive Hands-on Cadaveric Course in Zygomatic Implants: The Fully Guided Approach Protocol, which took place on 13 and 14 January on the Sant Cugat Campus and was led by Dr Federico Hernández-Alfaro and Dr Jorge Bertos.

In this first edition, a total of fifteen students received training using advanced digital surgical planning software, from which the corresponding surgical and prosthetic guides were printed in 3D for subsequent execution of the technique developed by the researchers and teachers from the UIC Barcelona Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.