Sinus lifting in implantoprosthetic rehabilitation – Case report

Cilj: Gubitak svih zuba u gornjoj čeljusti ponekad dovodi do otežanog uzimanja hrane i otežanog govora. Odabir kvalitetne implantoprotetske terapije s predvidljivim rezultatima omogućuje bolesnicima bolju kvalitetu života. Prikaz slučaja: Bolesnica u dobi od 62 godine koristila je gornju totalnu protezu s kojom nije bila zadovoljna. Učinjen je sinus lifting obostrano i kirurško-protetska rehabilitacija te je bolesnica dobila fiksni protetski nadomjestak sidren na implantati ma. Rasprava i zaključak: Sinus lift ing, suvremena implantološka i protetska terapija nude nam različite mogućnosti u zbrinjavanju totalne bezubosti u maksili. Na taj način mogu se dobiti odlični estetski i funkcionalni rezultati.Aim: Loss of all maxillary teeth oft en leads to diffi culti es in patient’s feeding and speaking. A high quality selecti on of prosthetic implant rehabilitati on with foreseable results off ers a bett er quality of life to the pati ents. Case report: A 62-year-old pati ent was unhappy with her upper complete denture. A billateral sinus lift ing was performed followed by placement of 6 implants in the upper jaw and prostheti c rehabilitati on with a fixed denture anchored on the forementi oned implants. Discussion and conclusion: Sinus lift ing and contemporary prosthetic implant rehabilitati on off er various soluti ons in the treatment of edentulous maxilla with an excellent esthetic and functional outcome