Sinus lift with autologous bone only or in conjunction with equine bone: comparative histological and immuno-histochemical study on patient.

The rehabilitation of an edentulous posterior maxilla and subsequent implant placement is a very often problematic procedure due to insufficient bone volume resulting from edentulism and pneumatization of the maxillary sinus. Under these anatomical conditions, it is truly difficult to obtain primary implant stability. It might therefore be necessary to intervene with a surgical procedure for sinus lift and bone material graft. The purpose of this study was to evaluate with histological and immunohistochemical tests the efficacy of grafting autologous bone alone and in conjunction with equine bone in sinus lift in vivo.

PRODUCTS USED: Osteoxenon