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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.
Read More and Comment | 13 Comments »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.
Read More and Comment | 26 Comments »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.
Read More and Comment | 3 Comments »Does anyone have any familiarity with the Hydraulic Sinus Condensing Technique?
Read More and Comment | 13 Comments »I have always been taught that when treatment planning for a fixed-detachable implant supported prosthesis for an edentulous maxilla, 8 dental implants are the norm.
Read More and Comment | 2 Comments »I would like to do a sinus lift procedure and have heard about the balloon technique where that is used to raised the membrane and create space for a bone graft.
Read More and Comment | 10 Comments »I have a patient who needs a single dental implant in the maxillary first molar area. There is about 3mm of bone between the alveolar ridge and the sinus floor.
Read More and Comment | 35 Comments »Does anyone have any idea why this hematoma formed and why the patient developed such a large extra-oral swelling?
Read More and Comment | 19 Comments »Several months ago I had a Sinus Lift and Bio-Oss was used. The dentist told me that he had torn the Schneiderian Membrane during the procedure.
Read More and Comment | 18 Comments »Some of my colleagues think that a crestal sinus lift should be preformed first. Some of my other colleagues (including myself) prefer the stabilisation of a dental implant in the sinus floor in spite of possible laceration of Schneiderian membrane.
Read More and Comment | 94 Comments »Dr. Jack asks:
I would like to ask those out there who do routine implants around the maxilla region, what is the best approach to internal sinus lift? I have been to several courses but there are some variations and each with their own justification.
One suggests drilling with pilot drill to 1mm short of the […]
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