D P Senyilmaz1, O Kasaboglu. 1. Department of Prosthodontics, Private Practice, ADA Dental Clinic, Atatürk Bulvari, Yat Sitesi, B Bloc, No. 4 Kusadasi, Aydin, Turkey.
Abstract
AIMS: This study evaluated the clinical and radiographic outcome of implants placed in the posterior maxilla with the osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) technique without graft material. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-seven 4.1-mm-diameter dental implants (Straumann AG, Basel, Switzerland) were placed to 17 sinuses with residual bone height of ≤ 10 mm and ≥ 5 mm to rehabilitate 23 molar and 4 premolar sites. Implants were simultaneously placed with the OSFE procedure without graft material. RESULTS: All implants were successfully integrated after 8-12 weeks healing time. At the 2-year follow-up, all the implants presented the survival criteria proposed by Buser et al. and Cochran et al. CONCLUSION: The OSFE technique without grafting material may be predictable because the success rate was 100% in this study. Implants gained endo-sinus bone despite the lack of graft material. More patients and longer follow-up are needed to validate the results of this pilot study.
AIMS: This study evaluated the clinical and radiographic outcome of implants placed in the posterior maxilla with the osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) technique without graft material. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-seven 4.1-mm-diameter dental implants (Straumann AG, Basel, Switzerland) were placed to 17 sinuses with residual bone height of ≤ 10 mm and ≥ 5 mm to rehabilitate 23 molar and 4 premolar sites. Implants were simultaneously placed with the OSFE procedure without graft material. RESULTS: All implants were successfully integrated after 8-12 weeks healing time. At the 2-year follow-up, all the implants presented the survival criteria proposed by Buser et al. and Cochran et al. CONCLUSION: The OSFE technique without grafting material may be predictable because the success rate was 100% in this study. Implants gained endo-sinus bone despite the lack of graft material. More patients and longer follow-up are needed to validate the results of this pilot study.
Authors: Sara Pérez-Martínez; Luis Martorell-Calatayud; David Peñarrocha-Oltra; Berta García-Mira; Miguel Peñarrocha-Diago Journal: J Clin Exp Dent Date: 2015-04-01