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Discussions on Sinus Lifts

Welcome to the Sinus Lifts Section of OsseoNews.com, where you can research, and participate in discussions about Sinus Lifts. It's the one place where dentists, surgeons, and industry experts share their knowledge on Sinus Lifts.

Recent Sinus Lifts Discussions

• Waterlase MD as an Adjunct for Performing the Final Osteotomy?

  Does anyone have experience using the Waterlase MD as an adjunct in performing the final osteotomy at the floor of the sinus in preparation for an internal sinus lift?

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• Thickening of the Sinus Membrane: What Do You Recommend?

  I have treatment planned a bilateral external sinus lift on a patient. While I was reviewing the CBVT scan I noticed on the lower part of the maxillary sinus an apparent thickening of the sinus membrane of about 5mm.

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• Bilateral Maxillary Sinus Lifts with Bone Augmentation: How Long To Wait Before Implant Placement?

  My surgeon has told me that after he does these procedures I will have to wait 9 -12 months for the bone grafts to completely heal before he can go in and place the implant fixtures.

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• Mix Antibiotic with Bone Graft to Decrease Post-Operative Infection?

  I was wondering if I would decrease my chance for post-operative infection if I mix an antibiotic with the bone graft material?

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• Using Osteotomes to Place Implants: Avoid Membrane Perforation?

  I am planning on using osteotomes to fracture the floor of the sinus and elevate it 4mm in order to gain adequate bone height to place 4.1×8mm tapered implants.

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• Packed in More Graft than Needed: What Should I Do?

  When I viewed the immediate post-op panoramic radiograph, I noticed that I had packed in a bit more graft than I really needed and this appears to have obliterated part of the maxillary sinus cavity.

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• Algipore Plant-Based Hydroxyapatite for Sinus Lifts: Any Experience with this Material?

  Does any one have any first hand experience either good or bad with Algipore?

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• Sinus Membrane Perforation: How Long Should I Wait?

  This recent sinus membrane perforation was quite large and I could not patch it with a collagen membrane or suture it back together so I closed the surgical site as best I could and will allow it to heal.

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• Shorter Implants: Viable Alternatives to Sinus Lifts?

  The field of shorter implants keeps expanding and it looks as though more and more successful cases with shorter implants are being done.

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• Pneumatized Maxillary Sinus: Correct Treatment Plan?

  I have a somewhat pneumatized maxillary sinus in my patient. My goal would be to have adequate sinus lift and bone graft for accommodating 8mm long dental implants.

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• Stem Cells in Sinus Augmentation?

  I recently read in the Journal of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology that a sinus augmentation can successfully be done using human mesenchymal stem cells.

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• Sinus Lift in Two Stages?

  Can I do the sinus lift in 2-stages? Can I lift the sinus and graft 2-3mm of bone, wait for that graft to heal and then graft again at the time of implant placement?

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• Re-Entry Protocol after Aborted Sinus Elevation Procedure?

  During the sinus elevation procedure there was a perforation of the membrane and I aborted the procedure and placed a resorbable membrane at the lateral window site.

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• Constant Drainage after Sinus Lift: Protocol?

  After 2 weeks post-op the sinus lift patient has developed a bad taste in her mouth in her mouth and she has a constant drainage from her nose.

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• Mixing Metronidazole Solution in Grafting Material?

  I attended an excellent lecture where the speaker described how he customarily mixes Metronidazole 0.5% solution in grafting material when he does sinus lifts. I was wondering if this is a widespread practice in the rest of the dental implant community?

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• Suturing Technique: Best Protocol?

  I have had several cases where I have had to suture the maxillary sinus membrane during sinus lift procedures.

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• Sinus Lift Complication after using Summer’s Osteotome Technique?

  2 months ago I placed an implant in #14 area using a drill to prepare the osteotomy and Summer’s osteotome technique on the apical 3mm to raise the sinus floor.

    Read More and Comment  | 34 Comments »
 
• Necessity for Sinus Lift?

  Are there any alternatives to a sinus lift?

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• Encountering Marrow Space on Sinus Lift?

  I was performing a sinus lift last week when I encountered a situation I had never seen before.

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• Inadequate Bone Height: Elevate Maxillary Sinus Membrane During Implant Placement?

  Is it necessary to elevate the maxillary sinus membrane during placement of implants through the floor of the sinus when there is inadequate bone height?

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• Graft Resorption: What are Normal Limits?

  Was this magnitude of graft resorption within normal limits or is something pathologic going on?

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• Sinus Tear: How Long to Wait for Regraft?

  I was doing a sinus lift when I had a large tear in the sinus membrane. I aborted the procedure because I was concerned about the sinus membrane healing.

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• Sinus Augmentation Complication: What to Do?

  I had a sinus augmentation on both sides and the right side took but the left side didn’t. I got an infection and had to have it cleaned out.

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• Decrease in Radiodensity at Graft Site: Doomed to Failure?

  I recently did a lateral sinus lift and bone graft. The post-op orthopantomograph of the patient after 3 weeks does not show much of the radio-opacity as seen post-op 2 days radiograph in the sinus lift area/grafted area.

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• Technique to Determine if Membrane has been Perforated?

  I recently performed a lateral sinus lift for a patient. In the early part of the surgery when I took the lateral wall of the sinus out I thought I had lacerated the membrane.

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