Minimally invasive techniques for sinus floor elevation using dental implants among Indians

Shyamalendu Laskar; Deepmala Pande; Md Shadab Anwar; Akshayraj Langaliya; Ruchira Shukla; Harshit Shrivastava; Dhaval Niranjan Mehta; Sheetal Acharya

doi:10.6026/973206300191336

Minimally invasive techniques for sinus floor elevation using dental implants among Indians

Bioinformation. 2023 Dec 31;19(13):1336-1341. doi: 10.6026/973206300191336. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Shyamalendu Laskar¹, Deepmala Pande², Md Shadab Anwar³, Akshayraj Langaliya⁴, Ruchira Shukla⁵, Harshit Shrivastava⁶, Dhaval Niranjan Mehta⁷, Sheetal Acharya⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Agartala, Tripura, India.
² Department of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Hitkarni Dental College and Hospital, Jabalpur, M.P., India.
³ Department of Periodontology, Mithila Minority Dental College and Hospital, Darbhanga, Bihar, India.
⁴ Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, AMC Dental College and Hospital, Gujarat, India.
⁵ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India.
⁶ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hitkarni Dental College and Hospital, Jabalpur, M.P, India.
⁷ Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Narsinbhai Patel Dental college and Hospital, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India.
⁸ Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences KIIT (Deemed to be) University, Bhubaneswar, India.

Abstract

It is of interest to compare conventional lateral window technique, trans-alveolar technique with minimally invasive technique like modified trephine technique and antral membrane balloon elevation technique for sinus floor elevation in placement of dental implants. The current study included 140 participants (191 dental implants) who had maxillary posterior edentulous regions and had low sinuses and insufficient alveolar ridges but had chosen an implant-retained prosthesis. The minimally invasive techniques of sinus augmentation can be suitable alternative to conventional traumatic techniques due to low incidence of pain, gingival swelling. Moreover, the success rate of implants and increase in total bone height was almost same in minimally invasive techniques of sinus augmentation as compared to conventional traumatic techniques.

Keywords: Sinus augmentation; conventional techniques; dental implants; minimally invasive techniques.