A sinus lift is performed through a “lateral window” created at the level of the sinus cavity. The sinus or schneiderian membrane is then elevated and bone grafting material is added to the area of the proposed dental implant site. The dental implant is then placed and allowed to heal. At a later date, the […]

The patient lacks the volume of bone in the upper anterior region of the mouth to adequately support two traditional dental implants. Therefore, multiple autogenous bone block grafts were harvested from the patient’s lower jaw (donor site) and transplanted and fixated to the anterior esthetic region of the mouth (recipient site). Two dental implants were […]

An external (lateral window) sinus lift procedure is performed by creating an access hole from the side of the sinus cavity intraorally and carefully elevating or lifting of the sinus or schneiderian membrane. Once lifted, a mixture of autogenous bone (autograft) along with bone substitute material (BSM) is placed under the membrane at the proposed […]

The patient has a very thin alveolar ridge (4 mm) that was not able to allow placement of the desired size dental implants without some type of bone augmentation procedure to increase the bone width or thickness. Therefore, a ridge splitting procedure was performed involving cutting the bone beginning from the crest of the ridge […]

Due to many years of having missing teeth at the proposed dental implant site the bone has deteriorated. The is the direct result of the lack of internal stimulation within the bone which results in the loss of bone volume which disallows the placement of traditional sized implants in this region. In order to place […]

The patient has a fractured tooth #7 and therefore is extracted. A dental implant is then placed (restoration) on the same day of the extraction of the tooth. An abutment and implant crown is then connected to the implant.