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It aims to show the surgical approaches carried out versus the residual bone height (RBH) and to evaluate implant success rate and bone anchorage height after 1 year.\n\nMaterials and Methods\n\nPlacement of 10-mm-long tapered bone level implants was carried out according to the RBH: when RBH \u226510 mm, standard implant placement; when 6 mm < RBH < 10 mm, osteotome sinus floor elevation procedure (OSFE) without graft; and, when RBH \u22646 mm, OSFE with graft.\n\nResults\n\nFourteen patients received 15 implants in a mean RBH of 5.0 \u00b1 2.4 mm (range, 2.0\u201311.0 mm). One implant was placed with a standard placement technique, 4 using OSFE without graft, and 10 using OSFE with graft. The 1-year success rate was 100%, and mean bone anchorage height reached at least 9.5 mm.\n\nConclusions\n\nAlmost all cases of maxillary single implant rehabilitation might be performed by using OSFE. 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