Rehabilitation of the maxillary posterior region is a challenge in every-day clinical practice. Following extraction of maxillary molars, alveolar ridge atrophy along with maxillary sinus pneumatization decrease the bone volume and increase implant placement complexity (Lyu et al., 2023). Several surgical procedures have been proposed to overcome these complications, including; short implants (Bechara et al., 2017), tilted implants (Meng and Zhang, 2022) as well as different sinus floor elevation techniques (Irinakis, 2011, Bishbish et al., 2023, Dragonas et al., 2023). Crestal maxillary sinus floor elevation has been considered a predictable and less invasive approach, providing sufficient vertical ridge height with high rates of implant survival (Guruprasad et al., 2024). However, there's limited body of evidence comparing the efficacy of different trans-crestal approaches as PISE and crestal implant approach with no bone graft. Thus, further clinical trials are recommended to determine whether the adjunctive use of piezoelectric instrumentation in internal sinus elevation offers significant clinical advantages over the crestal implant approach.
Patients who have at least one missing posterior maxillary tooth with sound adjacent and opposing dentition.
Adults above the age of 21.
Bone height from 4mm to 6mm under the maxillary sinus assessed in CBCT.
Good oral hygiene.
Smokers.
Pregnant and lactating females.
Medically compromised patients.
Patients with untreated active periodontal diseases.
Parallel
PISE
Procedure/SurgeryOsteotomy site preparation will be initiated using a piezoelectric ultrasonic osteotome under sterile irrigation. Sequential osteotomy preparation will be carried out while maintaining the planned implant angulation 1 mm short of the sinus floor based on preoperative radiographic measurements done using the CBCT. Thinning the sinus floor will be achieved after using subsequent widening drills and the integrity of the Schneiderian membrane and the residual bone thickness will be verified using periapical radiographs to ensure the exact amount of remaining floor bone
Crestal implant approach
Procedure/SurgeryOsteotomy site preparation and implant drilling sequence were performed according to the manufacturer's instructions. Drilling will be done gently till reaching 0.5-1mm from the sinus floor, checked by periapical radiographs with the drills placed in the osteotomy. During implant placement, the sinus membrane will be gently elevated with the blunt rounded circular apex of the implant
Intra Sinus bone formation
Four CBCT scans will be done scans; at T0, T1, T2 \& T4, using Cranex® SOREDEX, Finland, Commercially available at ORASCAN oral and maxillofacial imaging centre, Cairo, Egypt, and at the outpatient clinics of faculty of dentistry, Misr International University, Cairo, Egypt. Standardization of the exposure parameters: Field of view 6 x 8 cm, peak kilovoltage of 90 Kv, milliamperage of 10 mA, exposure time of 6.1 seconds and resolution of 0.2 mm (200 μm) voxel size. All data from CBCT examinations will be acquired in a DICOM format which is imported to OnDemand3D ® App software (Cybermed, Seoul, Korea). In order to ensure standardization and reproducibility of the CBCT cross sectional images that will be used in this study, superimposition of DICOM sets of each patient using Fusion module of Ondemand 3D App software will be done. This 3D superimposition technique allows for sub-voxel accuracy and highly strong registration. Both files will be loaded in the Fusion module at the same tim
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