DOI: 10.36347/sasjm.2016.v02i04.002

Pages: Page: 84-91

Maxillary sinus floor elevation was initially described by Tatum at an Alabama implant conference in 1977 and subsequently published by Boyne in 1980. Two approaches have been described in literature for sinus floor augmentation: the direct approach/lateral approach/external sinus augmentation and the indirect approach/crestal approach/internal sinus augmentation. The aim of this review was to focus the various craniofacial grafting sources for the augmentation of the sinus floor