Sinus lift
The Sinus lift
Using the anatomy of the body to your advantage
If teeth are missing at the back of the upper jaw and it is planned to replace them with dental implants, there is often not enough bone height to insert an implant so that it is surrounded by bone. Fortunately, our anatomy gives us an established and standardised opportunity to gain bone height.
The maxillary sinus is lined with mucous membrane and surrounded by bone. During a sinus lift, access is created to the maxillary sinus, either by drilling the hole for the implant itself or from the side through the anterior maxillary sinus wall by forming a maxillary sinus window. The maxillary sinus mucous membrane is then carefully detached from the floor of the maxillary sinus to form a cavity. This is filled with autologous bone, bone graft material or a combination of the two. In most cases, the implant can be inserted at the same time.