Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Implant is the best alternative option nowadays for missing tooth replacement. Lack of bone height poses a significant obstacle for its placement. Bone augmentation is an option to counter this problem. To treat the local physiological as well as anatomical limitation, maxillary sinus floor elevation has become an important pre-placement procedure in maxilla. With the advent of Various methodologies to increase the thickness of maxillary sinus floor, One of the techniques involve minimal elevation of maxillary sinus membrane, Schneiderian membrane, while other include placement of various type of grafts including allografts, autografts, bone morphogenetic proteins, and hydroxyapatite crystals. The bone substitutes used in sinus lift is reviewed in this article.