Open AccessIndirect sinus floor elevation technique with simultaneous implant placement without using bone grafts
Author(s) -
Aditi Rawat,
Himanshu Thukral,
Anson Jose
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/ams.ams_11_19
Subject(s) - medicine , elevation (ballistics) , implant , sinus (botany) , dentistry , surgery , geometry , mathematics , botany , biology , genus
Maxillary posterior region is a problem area for the placement of implants. The advanced resorption of alveolar bone is combined with an increase in pneumatization of maxillary sinus because of higher intra-antral pressure, giving rise to severely atrophied alveolar ridges with reduced bone height.