Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Maxillary Sinus Lift Procedure Efficacy and Adversities: A Review Article

Balakrishnan1 , Vijay Ebenezer2 (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Oct 2020

Abstract

Sinus lift procedure is a procedure used to augment bone thickness of the maxillary sinus for bettersurvivability of dental implants. The maxillary sinus floor augmentation was 1st done by Oscar Hilt TatumJr, in 1974. Since then the procedure has been refined and revised over the years. Yet it has a few adverseeffects such as perforation, tearing of the antral lining and haemosinus. In this article we see that sinus liftsurgery is as versatile as the surgeon is and in some cases if not done properly, can result in severe morbidity

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