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Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 606-609 , June 2010

Palatal piezosurgical window osteotomy for maxillary sinus augmentation

S. Stübinger
- Competence Center for Applied Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Oral, Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Medical School, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Address: Stefan Stübinger, Competence Center for Applied Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland. Tel: +41 44 635 8874; Fax: +41 44 635 8917.
B. Saldamli
- Department of Oral, Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Medical School, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
C.A. Landes
- Department of Oral, Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Medical School, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
R. Sader
- Department of Oral, Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Medical School, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

,Accepted 16 March 2010.

Mucoperiosteal flap elevation and window osteotomy for later palatal sinus elevation.

Mucoperiosteal flap elevation and window osteotomy for later palatal sinus elevation.
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Palatal bony lid after removal. Note the thickness of the mesial (right) part of the bone lid, because of the anatomical site.

Palatal bony lid after removal. Note the thickness of the mesial (right) part of the bone lid, because of the anatomical site.
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Readapting the palatal bony lid on the original place. No membrane is placed over the defect.

Readapting the palatal bony lid on the original place. No membrane is placed over the defect.
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