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Clinical and Radiological Assessment and Planning in Sinus Floor Elevation

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With relatively invasive surgical techniques such as sinus floor elevation (SFE) procedures, a precise clinical and radiographic diagnosis is required to perform a convenient dental implant planning.

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Nasseh, I., Younes, R. (2015). Clinical and Radiological Assessment and Planning in Sinus Floor Elevation. In: Younes, R., Nader, N., Khoury, G. (eds) Sinus Grafting Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11448-4_3

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