- Syn: Internal sinus graft. A sinus grafting technique whereby the maxillary sinus floor is carefully infractured and the Schneiderian membrane is elevated through an osteotomy prepared and extended in the ridge with an osteotome.
- The surgical expansion of an osteotomy laterally with or without grafting. See: Ridge expansion.
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