Immediate dental implantation after indirect sinus elevation using osseodensification concept: a case report.

Abstract

A 52-year-old male presented to the oral and maxillofacial surgery department with a main complaint of chewing difficulties in the right posterior area maxilla (teeth numbers: 26 and 27). A cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging showed that the residual bone height ranged between 1 and 4mm and the width ranged between 9 and 12mm in the area of teeth numbers 16 and 17. The treatment plan was to extract the teeth (numbers: 16 and 17) and conduct internal sinus lifting and bone grafting using the OD burs with immediate implantation. OD is proposed as an alternative procedure to the direct (lateral window) sinus floor elevation procedure. The amount of vertical bone gain obtained by this technique in transcrestal sinus lifting can be the same as external sinus lifting in this case. OD can be considered a promising technique for direct sinus floor elevation, considering the amount of vertical bone gain obtained by this technique.