A complex surgery at King Faisal Hospital in Mecca restores hope to a woman in her sixties
King Faisal Hospital in Makkah recorded a new medical achievement that adds to the record of health successes in the Kingdom, by ending the suffering of a patient in her sixties, who was suffering from a complete loss of teeth that negatively affected her quality of life and her ability to practice her normal life.
In detail, the hospital’s specialized dental center received the case, and after conducting thorough clinical and radiological examinations, it was found that there was severe bone atrophy in the jaws, which is an advanced medical condition that usually prevents the possibility of performing traditional dental implants and requires a precise and complex surgical intervention to prepare the bone before implantation.
Medical challenges and innovative solutions
Severe bone loss presents a major challenge in dentistry, as the jawbone deteriorates due to prolonged tooth loss, making implant placement impossible without prosthetic intervention. Therefore, the specialized dental team in periodontics and implantology developed a comprehensive treatment plan that included dental implants supported by bone grafts to compensate for the severe bone density loss.
The surgical procedure took five continuous hours, during which the work was carried out with extreme precision in cooperation with the anesthesia department, and the efforts were crowned with complete success without recording any significant complications, which reflects the efficiency of the medical staff and the hospital’s readiness to deal with complex cases.
3D technologies and extreme precision
The Makkah Health Cluster explained that one of the most important factors in the success of this procedure was the reliance on modern digital systems, specifically the use of 3D surgical planning techniques. This technology allows the medical team to study the jaw dimensions with millimeter precision and determine the ideal implant positions before surgery, thus increasing success rates and reducing potential risks and patient recovery time.
A healthy transformation in line with the Kingdom's Vision 2030
This medical achievement comes within the context of the comprehensive development drive underway in the Saudi Arabian healthcare sector, aligned with the goals of Vision 2030 and the Health Sector Transformation Program. These programs aim to facilitate access to and improve the quality of healthcare services, and to empower referral and specialized hospitals across the Kingdom to perform complex and specialized procedures, thereby reducing the need to refer patients to distant centers or abroad.
The success of this operation at King Faisal Hospital in Makkah confirms the remarkable development in health services provided to pilgrims and residents of the holy capital, and reflects the commitment of health clusters to applying the highest international standards of medical care.
