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Implants (\u226410 mm) were placed with osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) without grafting in maxillae of bone height \u22648 mm. After 10 years, the CBCT analysis showed bone at the buccal and palatal implant sides and corroborated the results obtained using periapical X-rays. In the absence of any symptom or complication, the use of two-dimensional radiography is sufficient for routine long-term follow-up of implants after OSFE without grafting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors Nedir R., Nurdin N., Vazquez L., AbiNajm S., Bischof M. Title Osteotome sinus floor elevation without grafting: A 10-year prospective study Journal Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research 18(3):609-617, 2016 Abstract ABSTRACT This article aims to evaluate and compare the 10-year bone anchorage and protrusion of implants into the sinus using cone-beam computerized tomography [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5123,"template":"","meta":{"video_url":"","sticky":false},"publication_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3219","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Osteotome sinus floor elevation without | Ardentis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Osteotome sinus floor elevation without grafting: A 10-year prospective study.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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