PLANNING AND PERFORMING THE BALLOON SINUSLIFT PROCEDURE DURING PREPARATION FOR DENTAL IMPLANTATION

The state of the maxillary sinusis was estimated in the patients with its low-set bottom in conjunction with the evaluation of the efficacy of the balloon sinuslift procedure in the course of preparation for dental implantation. Computer tomograms and outpatient medical records of 140 stomatological patients were available for the analysis. Eighteen (12,9%) of the patients were found to have contraindications of the local character for the balloon sinuslift at the time of examination. Fifty one patients had a minimal number of complications following this operation (n = 59). Specifically, the postoperative oedema was documented only in 3 (5.9%) patients while neither hematomas nor the release of the osteotropic material was documented. None of the patients reported painful sensation or the impairment of working capacity. A modification of the proposed method is described that allows to improve the conditions for the performance of balloon sinuslift in difficult of access regions (such as distal maxillary portions) and thereby to enhance the precision of the surgical manipulations

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