Maxillary sinus lift (augmentation) with long implants vs Short implants (5 to 8.5 mm) without sinus augmentation
Prosthesis failure · Patients with missing teeth and an atrophic posterior maxilla, with residual bone height between 4 and 9 mm below the maxillary sinus
Maxillary sinus lift (augmentation) with long implants showed no clear difference in prosthesis failure compared with short implants (5 to 8.5 mm) without sinus augmentation (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Interventions for replacing missing teeth: augmentation procedures of the maxillary sinus 2014 · Cochrane All outcomesmedian 1 year after loadingPeto OR 0.37 [0.05, 2.68]3 studies · 109 participantsModerate