A sinus lift is applicable when insufficient bone quantity arises from the expansion of the maxillary sinus in the upper jaw where posterior teeth are located.

The sinus lifting process is a painless application that takes an average of 15 to 20 minutes with local anesthesia. For patients with adequate bone volume, it is possible to place implants in the same session, which extends the processing time by about 4-5 minutes.

Sinuses are a group of air-filled spaces that surround the right and left parts of the nasal cavity (maxillary sinuses) in the upper jaw.

These hollow spaces expand in volume due to teeth loss which prevents the placement of implants onto these toothless areas under the sinuses. Therefore, these spaces are filled with bone grafts for transforming the sinus cavities into the adequate bone for the placement of implants. After an average of six months, this placed bone graft turns into hard tissue, thus ready to place the implants.