Evaluation of Sinus Augmentation Bone Healing Using Autograft and Xenograft Compared to Xenograft Alone

Exclusion Criteria

• •Adults unable to consent (cognitively impaired adults)
• •Those who self-report as pregnant or breastfeeding
• •Wards of the state
• •Non-Viable neonates
• •Neonates of uncertain viability
• •\< 18 years of age
• •Refusal to participate
• •Prior medical condition causing complications in bone metabolism
• •Osteoporosis
• •History of/or current chemotherapy
• •History of/or current head and neck radiation
• •Current heavy smoking \> 10 cigarettes/day
• •Self-reported pregnancy or lactation
• •Previous history of sinus elevation procedure
• •Existing sinus pathology or pathology discovered at time of sinus augmentation or implant placement
• •Absence of autogenous donor site