Paradigm Shift in the Management of the Atrophic Posterior Maxilla

Figure 1

Periapical radiographs. The 8 mm tapered implants were placed using the osteotome sinus floor elevation procedure with grafting material (right sinus) and without grafting material (left sinus). In all controls after surgery, implants were clinically stable. A radioopaque area corresponding to the augmented sinus floor was present around the implants placed without graft and around and above the implants placed with graft.