Title

Short dental implants versus sinus lift with longer implants

Authors

Trapti Jaiswal¹*, Radhika Tamloorker², Prashant S Patil³, Pooja Singh⁴, Nisha Mishra⁵, Sanobar Sultana⁶ & Tanvi Hirani⁷

Affiliation

¹Department of Prosthodontics, Crown and bridge, Index Institute of Dental Sciences (IIDS), Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of dental surgery, Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, Telangana, India; ³Deparment of Prosthodontics, Yogita Dental College and Hospital, Khed, Maharashtra, India; ⁴Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, People's Dental Academy, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁵Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Index Institute of Dental Sciences (IIDS), Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India; ^6Private Practitioner, Impressions Dental Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; ⁷Department of Periodontology and Implantology, Karnavati School of Dentistry, Karnavati University Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Trapti Jaiswal - E-mail: drtraptijaiswal15@gmail.com
Radhika Tamloorker - E-mail: drradhika22@gmail.com
Prashant S Patil - E-mail: drpatil3feb@yahoo.com
Pooja Singh - E-mail: pooja.aquarian15@gmail.com
Nisha Mishra - E-mail: nisha.maxillo.surgeon@gmail.com
Sanobar Sultana - E-mail: dentistsanobarsultana@gmail.com
Tanvi Hirani - E-mail: tanvimehta@karnavatiuniversity.edu.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received January 1, 2026; Revised January 31, 2026; Accepted January 31, 2026, Published January 31, 2026

Abstract

Treatment of the posterior atrophic maxilla is a difficult task because of the low bone height and the invasiveness of the sinus-lift surgeries. Therefore, it is of interest to discuss the comparison of clinical outcomes of short dental implants (less than 6 mm) and sinus augmentation using longer implants (more than 10 mm) in 94 patients within 36 months. Also short implants demonstrated high survival rate of 96.6 compared to long implants which had high survival rate of 95.5 and marginal bone loss was similar but less complications and less time on treatment. Their clinical efficiency is demonstrated by the lowered morbidity and the similar success. Short implants can therefore be used as a valid and reliable option in the minimally invasive rehabilitation of the maxilla.

Keywords

Short dental implants; sinus floor augmentation; atrophic maxilla; survival rate; marginal bone loss; complication rate

Citation

Jaiswal et al. Bioinformation 22(1): 316-321 (2026)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.