My upper molars were extracted 10 yrs ago .I am going for sinus lift and 2 implants. what is the chances for sinus lifts to fails as its been 10 years and sinuses are lying low. please help
My upper molars were extracted 10 yrs ago .I am going for sinus lift and 2 implants. what is the chances for sinus lifts to fails as its been 10 years and sinuses are lying low. please help
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Im curious about the same. I’m only having one implant for an upper molar and it’s been about 7 years. I’m also getting a sinus lift. My doctor said it’s possible to have complications but it doesn’t happen often.
You should be fine. Im sure an oral surgeon will be doing the work. I had lost a ton of bone when we did mine. I waited 7 months before I got my implants but I know they can do it all at the same time. Don’t bend over or sneeze or blow your nose for 3 to 4 weeks. I bent over a few times the first two weeks and got nose bleeds.
I had one .. and then I had a post fail.. I had a lot of work done.. We were towards the end.. It got pushed into my sinus.. I could breathe air with my mouth 👄 closed like through my mouth… We had to move chairs ex rays.. They cut a window tried getting it out.. He cut an even bigger window and finally got it.. all in one appointment … The healing time to do that one tooth again.. I was put four months back again. To start it again.
Gretchen H. oh god
Vihangi V. I didn’t feel anything so that’s good
Gretchen H. oh wow! Your teeth and where mine are headed look about the same. Even all top back molars and even have the same lower root canal and retainer bar!
Kristen S. That’s crazy girl!! My front teeth were good .. I took medication for ADHD I think a dryer mouth destroyed them and it went from there… So much work for back teeth… ask about bleaching it takes time as well I’m doing that now
Gretchen H. ugh I’m not looking forward to all the work, recovery and potential failures.
What is bleaching?
Kristen S. Well after all the work.. You want them whiter I guess… I tried stuff from the store first… I’m trying to get things whiter to match teeth now that they will put in afterwards… I’m still with posts whitening.. They cast my teeth custom trays.. I paid $400 to get them. They said we can try whatever so maybe you can start sooner find something better..
Had mine done many years ago, but my mother’s in her 80s had sinus lift implants she’s already wearing permanent implant bridge.
Lisa B. successful sinus lift??
Yes, mine and my mother’s. Mine was emergency surgery very complicated still did fine.
I had bone graphs and sinus lift Monday! I haven’t had teeth in that back area in 20 years so the sinus was sagging as was the bone. My dentist seemed confident i would be fine. 🙏🙏
Tammy Jo G. wow that gives me some confidence….thank u…how ru feeling
Vihangi V. better each day! Brushing makes it appear worse than it feels. The worse part was sneezing every hour 2 or 3 times in a row made my whole mouth hurt. I had 14 extractions and implants placed along with graph and sinus lift. That stopped when they placed my temp teeth thank goodness. It truly is not as bad as it looks and keep your eye on the end result, cheesy 😀 smiles
Tammy Jo G. Thanks for this.
Never heard of a sinus lift fail
I don’t think your sinus lift would be affected…. can’t see how they would fail. In order to do a sinus lift logically they would need to be low…. otherwise it would not be necessary to do the sinus lift !!!
Roopa S. how ru doing after sinus lift??
Vihangi V. it’s been painful but with antibiotics and painkillers is definitely manageable…. I took 800 mg of Advil
Good luck on Friday wishing for your procedure to go smoothly
Thank you
Where are you going to do your sinus lift and how much will it cost?
Radwan F. milton Ontario 1450
Vihangi V. oh really? That’s cheap. Dollars right?
Yes
I just visited my oral surgeon today. I had a sinus lift done as well as implants on the other side several months ago. I found out today that the sinus lift failed and has to be redone. The bone graft was gone. The surgeon asked me if I had an infection any time, either sinus or where the lift was done. No I had not. I experienced no inflammation or pain where the sinus lift was. He asked me if I had coughed or sneezed any bone out. No, I had not. There appears to be no explanation. I found this site while researching why a sinus lift would fail. I understand it is rare, but I am 2700 in the hole for the lift, and trying to decide if I want to pay that much again to have it redone. How am I to know it wont fail again?