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Simultaneous Sinus Lift and Implant Installation: Prospective Study of Consecutive Two Hundred Seventeen Sinus Lift and Four Hundred Sixty‐Two Implants
Author(s) -
Cha HyunSuk,
Kim Andrew,
Nowzari Hessam,
Chang HooSun,
Ahn KangMin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical implant dentistry and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1708-8208
pISSN - 1523-0899
DOI - 10.1111/cid.12012
Subject(s) - sinus lift , lift (data mining) , medicine , implant , dentistry , sinus (botany) , surgery , prospective cohort study , maxillary sinus , computer science , biology , botany , genus , data mining
Purpose If less than 4 mm of residual bone is remained in posterior maxilla, two‐stage operation is recommended for implant installation. However, if primary stability could be obtained using tapered designed implants, one‐stage surgery could be performed with reliable success rate in severely resorbed maxilla. The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate survival and success rates of the implants simultaneously placed into grafted sinus using rough‐surfaced implant. Materials and Methods A total of two hundred seventeen consecutive sinus lifting through lateral approach and four hundred sixty‐two simultaneous implants were installed from N ovember 2003 for 5.5 years. Xenogenic bone was used solely for bone graft materials. Second surgery was performed around 6 months after operation and porcelain fused metal or gold crown was used for definitive restorations. Cumulative survival and success rates were evaluated according to residual alveolar bone height ( RABH ), smoking status, and S chneiderian membrane perforation. Results The mean follow‐up was 57.1 ± 15.6 (36–98) months. Of the four hundred sixty‐two implants, two hundred sixty‐two implants (56.7%: group 1) were installed in posterior maxilla less than 4‐mm RABH and two hundred implants (43.3%: group 2) were placed in over 5‐mm RABH . The cumulative survival and success rates were 98.91% and 96.54%. There was no statistically significant difference in success rate between group 1 and group 2 ( p = .3135). Perforation of the membrane was not related to success ( p = .7162), but smoking status is significantly related with implant failure ( p = .0003). Conclusions Sinus lifting with simultaneous implant placement could be used to treat atrophic maxilla in patients with minimal RABH when initial stability could be obtained by using taper designed implants with surgical techniques. Smoking is a possible factor for implant failure. Membrane perforation did not have an adverse effect on implant success if the membrane was repaired with absorbable membrane and fibrin glue.