Since Boyne and James were first published in 1980, the sinus lift technique has remained virtually identical for 25 years.
Since then, the advent of the piezoelectric scalpel, the contribution of platelet concentrates and the techniques of the repositioned bone flap have made this surgery evolve and allowed, at the same time, to decrease the complications and to improve the results of the lateral technique.
In 2018, a consensus meeting at the initiative of the French ENT society made it possible to determine good practice recommendations that surgeons performing this surgery must follow.
The study of the international literature has shown that the indications for the lateral approach should be reduced in favor of short implants and the crestal technique.
This crestal approach has also undergone multiple evolutions since the publication of the original Summers technique.
Salah Huwais’s osteodensification technique is probably the most interesting improvement recently made to this surgery.
The presentation will aim to allow each practitioner to know the good practices of sinus surgery, and will detail step by step 3 lateral sinus lift techniques, of increasing technical difficulty, to be chosen according to the level of surgical experience of the surgeon
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