The lateral open forehead lift technique uses 2 scalp incisions to elevate and suspend the lateral eyebrows, and 2 upper blepharoplasty incisions to access the muscles that produce glabellar frown lines and depress the medial eyebrows. Advantages of this technique are that side effects associated with the coronal incision, such as hair loss and overelevation of the medial eyebrow, are avoided.

AIMS To evaluate the outcomes of transcrestal sinus floor elevation (tSFE) performed with a minimally invasive procedure (Smart Lift technique) combined with the additional use of deproteinized bovine bone mineral (DBBM) or β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP). METHODS In a multicenter randomized controlled trial, 38 sites in 38 patients were treated with the Smart Lift technique in association wit...

BACKGROUND Insufficient bone volume is a common problem encountered in the rehabilitation of the edentulous posterior maxillae with implant-supported prostheses. Bone volume is limited by the presence of the maxillary sinus together with loss of alveolar bone height. Sinus lift procedures increase bone volume by augmenting the sinus cavity with autogenous bone and/or commercially available biom...

Reply to: " The ENT's role in sinus lift management doesn't need misleading messages " Replica a: " Il ruolo dello Specialista ORL nella gestione del grande rialzo sinusale non necessita di messaggi fuorvianti " Dear Editor, Two years ago we published an article in Acta Otorhi-nolaryngologica Italica entitled " Maxillary sinus elevation in conjunction with transnasal endoscopic treatment of rhi...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the clinical survival rate of Astra Tech implants in the maxillary molar region performed with sinus lift and bone graft. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety-nine Astra Tech implants (Osseospeed) placed in the maxillary molar region using sinus lift from September 2009 to February 2012 were selected with a minimum follow-up period of 1...

A partially edentulous maxilla is treated with bilateral sinus lifts and implant placement. The maxilla presented with total pneumatization at the right and left molar area and partial pneumatization on the left premolar. Soft and hard tissue anatomy for lower arch was suitable for implant placement, while in the maxilla bone was not adequate for placing the implants. In the maxillary right and...

The maxillary sinus lift technique consists in grafting a bone substitute below the sinus membrane to achieve sufficient thickness for implant stability. The golden standard as a bone substitute is the patient's autologous bone, which is not only fully biocompatible but is also able to stimulate bone regeneration through the osteoinductive factors it contains. Nonetheless, it has to be withdraw...