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Which approach for sinus lift would you do here
Hello everyone,
As you can see over here the anatomy of the sinus is irregular as the residual bone height is a lot higher buccally and goes down slightly palatally
In this case would you rather:
1. Do a crestal sinus left approach and place a 4.6(wide diameter)x7.5mm implant. Increasing the diameter to compensate the height in that case and elevating the membrane transcrestally.
2. Do a lateral window approach
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5 Replies
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I would choose option #1. Typically if the RBH is 4mm or more I will do a Crestal sinus lift rather than a lateral sinus lift. Irregular anatomy may be easier to manipulate via the Crestal approach as well is this case.
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What’s ur opinion on short implants in the posterior region? Such as 7.5mm height
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Totally agree with you???? Thank you
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Clinical experience and research shows they have almost the same success rate as long implants. If you have the bone width, I do prefer to go wider when I go shorter if there’s enough bone and biology to allow that.
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My pleasure. Have a happy Easter.
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