TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of Forces Applied During Transalveolar Sinus Lift
T2 - A Preliminary Clinical Study
AU - Tavelli, Lorenzo
AU - Borgonovo, Andrea Enrico
AU - Ravidà, Andrea
AU - Saleh, Muhammad H.A.
AU - Zappa, Emanuele
AU - Testori, Tiziano
AU - Wang, Hom Lay
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - PURPOSE: To introduce a novel modality that enables the measurement of forces applied during a transalveolar sinus floor elevation (tSFE) and to investigate the influence of anatomical and surgical factors on the necessitated force in sinus membrane detachment. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A new endosinus probe, innovated with a calibrated load cell, was used to test the forces needed to perforate ten maxillary sinuses in 5 human cadavers. The same probe was also used to detach the Schneiderian membrane from the bony floor of 21 human subjects undergoing tSFE. RESULTS: The force needed to cause membrane perforation in the cadaver sample was on average 3.46 ± 1.04 N. The maximum force applied in vivo to a sinus membrane without perforation was 2.01 ± 0.67 N on average. Regression analysis showed that smoking (P < 0.001), as well as 3.0 mm osteotomy (P < 0.001), was significantly correlated to increased forces during membrane detachment. CONCLUSIONS: The maximum force needed to detach the membrane was found to be, on average, lower than the membrane breaking load in cadavers. Furthermore, because of smoking and a 3.0-mm osteotomy diameter demonstrating a high association with increased forces during membrane detachment, they may be considered as risk factors of membrane perforation.
AB - PURPOSE: To introduce a novel modality that enables the measurement of forces applied during a transalveolar sinus floor elevation (tSFE) and to investigate the influence of anatomical and surgical factors on the necessitated force in sinus membrane detachment. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A new endosinus probe, innovated with a calibrated load cell, was used to test the forces needed to perforate ten maxillary sinuses in 5 human cadavers. The same probe was also used to detach the Schneiderian membrane from the bony floor of 21 human subjects undergoing tSFE. RESULTS: The force needed to cause membrane perforation in the cadaver sample was on average 3.46 ± 1.04 N. The maximum force applied in vivo to a sinus membrane without perforation was 2.01 ± 0.67 N on average. Regression analysis showed that smoking (P < 0.001), as well as 3.0 mm osteotomy (P < 0.001), was significantly correlated to increased forces during membrane detachment. CONCLUSIONS: The maximum force needed to detach the membrane was found to be, on average, lower than the membrane breaking load in cadavers. Furthermore, because of smoking and a 3.0-mm osteotomy diameter demonstrating a high association with increased forces during membrane detachment, they may be considered as risk factors of membrane perforation.
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U2 - 10.1097/ID.0000000000000817
DO - 10.1097/ID.0000000000000817
M3 - Article
C2 - 30157138
AN - SCOPUS:85057122122
VL - 27
SP - 630
EP - 637
JO - Implant Dentistry
JF - Implant Dentistry
SN - 1056-6163
IS - 6
ER -