What are the common requirements for sinus lift procedure?
Following are the most common requirements for sinus lift procedure. • Resorbed alveolar crest under the maxillary sinus must be of a minimum height say about 5mm for placement of implant. • Following sinus augmentation procedure, implant may surgically be placed after a minimum healing period of 6 to 12 months varying from patient to patient. • Development of maxillary posterior for the atrophic ridge either through sinus graft or ridge augmentation procedure require bone graft material which could either be autugraft, allograft, xenograft or synthetic material and many a times accompanied by the use of GTR membrane.
