Is maxillary sinus lift dangerous?

Teeth are a very important part of the human body. They can effectively protect the oral cavity, chew food, assist pronunciation, etc. Teeth are a relatively fragile organ. Some people will experience tooth loss. Faced with this situation, people will take some measures to deal with it, and dental implants are a very common one. Some people who have dental implants may have maxillary sinuses. So is there a risk of maxillary sinuses being increased after dental implants?

There is no danger in maxillary sinus lift during dental implantation. Because some maxillary sinuses are relatively low during dental implantation, maxillary sinus lift is needed to solve the difficulty of implant restoration in the area with insufficient maxillary bone height.

The loss of maxillary posterior teeth seriously affects the patient's chewing function. It is difficult to satisfy the patient with removable restorations, while fixed bridge restorations will have a certain impact on the remaining healthy teeth. Maxillary sinus lift surgery can not only solve the problem of insufficient bone volume for implantation, but also has a very ideal implantation success rate. Foreign research data show that the success rate of maxillary sinus compression lift surgery is over 95%.

Maxillary sinus lift surgery mainly uses a bone squeezer to push the cancellous bone toward the surrounding area and the maxillary sinus under the action of external force, thereby increasing the density of the surrounding bones. While the bone is squeezed, the maxillary sinus floor is also lifted. Compression sinus lift has the advantages of less surgical trauma, fewer postoperative complications, short treatment time and low cost.

Depending on the height and density of the remaining alveolar bone, two methods can be used: maxillary sinus compression without bone grafting and maxillary sinus compression with bone grafting.

However, due to factors such as the congenitally low position of the maxillary sinus floor, alveolar bone absorption, alveolar bone atrophy, and long-term occlusal load of removable dentures, patients often suffer from insufficient bone height for dental implants. This is a difficult problem that plagues dental implant restoration. Maxillary sinus lift is safe and feasible, and is an effective method to solve the problem of implant restoration in the area of ​​insufficient maxillary posterior bone height.

Dental implant surgery is a minor alveolar surgical procedure, similar to tooth extraction, using local anesthesia, with minimal trauma and risk. Soft food can be eaten after the surgery, and it is almost painless. A beautiful implant placement only takes tens of minutes to a few hours to complete. Since the selected biomaterials are compatible with the human body and have good quality, the implants will not produce any adverse side effects on the human body. Even if the dental implant fails, you can wait until the wound heals before replanting it or replace it with a regular denture.