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Sinus Lift

Sinus Lift in Central London

Meet Your Dentists

Dr Ciro Gilvetti

Specialist Oral Surgeon

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Italian
English Spanish Italian

“I’m a highly trained oral surgeon with a strong commitment to providing high-quality, pain-free treatment to all my patients.”

Queen Victoria Hospital
Associate Specialist Oral and Maxillofacial surgery

University College London
Associate Clinical Lecturer

I am a highly trained oral surgeon with a strong commitment to providing high-quality, pain-free treatment to all my patients. Having worked with a diverse range of individuals, I have developed excellent communication skills and excel at putting patients at ease and clearly explaining procedures, expected outcomes and post-treatment follow-up needs. I have extensive experience performing oral surgery and oral medicine, including difficult extractions, dental implants, restorations and bone augmentation procedures. In addition, I am adept at diagnosing and managing treatment of infective, premalignant and immunological oral diseases.

Throughout my career, I have trained and mentored numerous dental students, new dentists and other clinical and non-clinical staff. This includes lecturing and teaching university and continuing education courses in oral medicine as well as assessing progress and providing individualised support to assist students and colleagues in learning new techniques and procedures.

Giovany Restrepo

General Dental Practitioner with Special Interest in Periodontics

GDC No. 222870

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
English Spanish Colombia

“The patient’s needs are truly a priority. We deliver personalised services of the highest quality.”

I studied Prosthodontics, Periodontics and implant dentistry. I have worked for more than fifteen years in Periodontics and implantology focusing on saving natural teeth and replacement using the latest technology and treatments.

My passion is knowledge. Keeping up to update with the latest technologies and treatment techniques leads me to study both in England and outside for the necessary learning to provide the best for my patients.

On the other hand, meditation, yoga and different sports allow me to maintain a healthy lifestyle through mind-body harmony.

Serving and giving my best to the patients embodied in the understanding of biology is what I absolutely love about dentistry. The patients for whom I have the most empathy is those who arrive when they have no hope of keeping their natural teeth and complex cases regarding bone regeneration and dental implants.

Sonria is a clinic where the patient’s needs are truly a priority. The team are focused on delivering personalised services of the highest quality to patients.

I speak Spanish and English.

A sinus lift is a surgical procedure that increases the amount of bone in the upper jaw to allow for dental implants. It is also known as sinus augmentation, sinus elevation, sinus graft, or maxillary sinus floor augmentation.

The procedure involves raising the membrane that lines the sinuses and placing a bone graft in the space created. This bone graft fuses with the jaw bone over time. The new bone allows the placement of dental implants.

A sinus lift can be performed before or at the same time as implant placement. If the lift is done before the implants, it will need to integrate with the natural bone. This usually takes 4-9 months. During this time, new bone forms to create enough height and width for the implants.

Sinus Lift

Complications

Sinus lift procedures can have several complications, including:

  • Infection 
  • Sinus membrane perforation
  • Graft exposure
  • Facial pain and swelling
  • Facial bruising
  • Insufficient bone
  • Rhinosinusitis
  • Oroantral fistula
  • Graft migration or extrusion
  • Maxillary sinus mucoceles

The most common complication is perforation of the Schneiderian membrane, which occurs in 20–25% of patients.

The factors that can increase the risk of complications include:

  • Age
  • Smoking
  • Pre-existing medical conditions, such as diabetes or autoimmune disorders
  • Poor dental hygiene
  • The quality and quantity of bone in the jaw
  • The location of the surgery
  • The type of materials used
  • The skill and experience of the surgeon

It is important to contact your surgeon if you experience any of the following:

  • Swelling or pain that increases over time
  • Bleeding that continues after 1–2 days or is bright red and continuous
  • The bone-graft material has dislodged after sneezing or blowing your nose
  • You have a fever