The technical name for this procedure is a maxillary sinus floor augmentation but you may also hear the terms sinus augmentation and sinus graft used.
Sinus floor augmentation video.
Protocol step by step with illustrations.
Twenty fresh human cadaver heads with 40 intact sinuses were used for simultaneous sinus membrane elevation placement of graft material and dental implants.
When a tooth is lost the alveolar process.
Sinus floor augmentation with prp and xenograft and autologous bone.
A specially trained dental clinician periodontist or oral surgeon carries out the surgery.
The aim of this study was to macroscopically investigate ex vivo the occurrence of sinus membrane perforation during surgery using 3 transcrestal sinus floor elevation methods.
Otherwise when the residual bone height is 5 mm or less maxillary sinus floor augmentation using the lateral window technique with a grafting material lateral window approach is indicated.
1 8 mucosal thickening caused by surgical trauma or sinus membrane perforation adversely affects the mucociliary clearance.