Sinus lifting is a common surgical intervention before implantation. During the procedure our oral surgeon specialist thickens the inadequate part of atrophic maxilla towards the sinus with the help of bone transplantation or bone expletive substance. This results in more volume for a better quality bone site for the implantation. We pre-plan sinus lift surgery using the digital panoramic X-rays to avoid placement of implants into the sinus cavity.

Improved bone height is particularly important to assure ample anchorage of the implant’s root-like shape because it has to support the mechanical stress of chewing, just like a natural tooth. Correctly performed, a bone graft produces live vascular bone which is very much like natural jawbone and is therefore suitable as a foundation for implants. We place the dental implant in this improved bone area during the same procedure.

A variable amount of time required for an implant to fully integrate or bond (to become osseointegrated) with the new bone structure.