Demineralized Bone Allograft Fibers Versus Particulate In Sinus Augmentation

This entire protocol involves procedures that are standard care and will randomize subjects to of one two routine care procedures. Patients needing maxillary sinus augmentation will be enrolled. There will be two subject groups in this study both of which will randomized to one of two standard care procedures. No risk or benefit is expected from being assigned to either group as both procedures are both standard care. In both groups a bone sample (core) will be obtained as a by-product of implant placement. Bone will not be extracted solely for research purposes, the bone sample attained for research will only be from bone left over after the SOC implant placement.

Allocation of subjects into test group or control group will be based on numbers drawn from a stack of sealed envelopes.

Inclusion criteria

• Patients between age 18 and 89
• Patients needing sinus augmentation to support implant placement in the posterior maxilla
• Patients must be nonsmokers, former smokers, or current smokers who smoke <10 cigarettes per day, by self-report
• Female patients who have undergone a hysterectomy, tubal ligation, or menopause, and non- pregnant women of child-bearing potential.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who disclose that they will not be able to cooperate with the follow-up schedule.
• Patients who are mentally incompetent, prisoners, or pregnant (as obtained via chart review or self-report)
• Pregnant women or women intending to become pregnant during study period
• Smokers who smoke > 10 cigarettes per day