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From: Amatus Cremona on 21 Nov 2005 16:46
>
> When I went to the other perio, I asked him how much bone I had, he
> actually went to the panoramic x-ray and measured it and said I had 4.5
> to 5.5mm.
>

I would not trust any x-ray image to measure the thickness of bone. unless I
had multiple images at different angles.

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"mnansari" <maenansari(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1132606500.120589.29750(a)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> The procedure I had was not the Summers procedure - or crestal
> approach. It was the more invasive method with the "window" in the
> buccal bone. Is it called lateral sinus lift? Maybe I made a mistake in
> describing the procedure I had. The perio who did the operation told me
> that I had about 2mm of bone, and that was why he chose this approach.
> When I went to the other perio, I asked him how much bone I had, he
> actually went to the panoramic x-ray and measured it and said I had 4.5
> to 5.5mm.
>
> Would the Summers procedure have been the correct one to do with this
> amount of bone - how much is enough bone to do the Summers procedure?
> Is the Summers procedure less expensive? I have read it is much less
> invasive with higher success rate. This information could be helpful
> for any person reading this link and thinking of doing the sinus lift
> surgery.
>


From: Dave King on 22 Nov 2005 12:06
On 21 Nov 2005 13:03:14 -0800, "mnansari" <maenansari(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:

>The procedure I had was not the Summers procedure - or crestal
>approach. It was the more invasive method with the "window" in the
>buccal bone. Is it called lateral sinus lift? Maybe I made a mistake in
>describing the procedure I had. The perio who did the operation told me
>that I had about 2mm of bone, and that was why he chose this approach.
>When I went to the other perio, I asked him how much bone I had, he
>actually went to the panoramic x-ray and measured it and said I had 4.5
>to 5.5mm.

Regardless, gentle taps, gentle.

>
>Would the Summers procedure have been the correct one to do with this
>amount of bone - how much is enough bone to do the Summers procedure?
>Is the Summers procedure less expensive? I have read it is much less
>invasive with higher success rate. This information could be helpful
>for any person reading this link and thinking of doing the sinus lift
>surgery.

No. Your bone height sounds alittle short. I like around 8mm or so.

It is cheaper than the regular sinus lift and I have had better
success but not by much.
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