Minimally Invasive Sinus Lift Implant Device: A Multi-Center Safety and Efficacy Trial Preliminary Results

Dr. Hadar Better

EDUCATION

1996-1997 - General medicine internship – Hillel Yaffe medical center Hadera Israel

Rotations – General surgery, ENT, Plastic Surgery, Anesthesia, Pathology.

1993-1995 - Medical school Technion, Israel institute of technology Haifa -M.D Cum Laude

1990-1992 - Dental school Hebrew University Jerusalem Hadassah – MSc Cum Laude

1989-1992 - Dental school Hebrew University Jerusalem Hadassah – DMD

1987-1989 - Dental school Hebrew University Jerusalem Hadassah – BSc, Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008- Chief Medical Officer, Maxillent Ltd. Maxillent is a medical device company that develops dental implant equipment, including minimally invasive solutions or sinus augmentation procedures

2007- Private Practice

2004- Medical Director, Apexum Ltd. Apexum is a medical device company that develops a new device and procedure for treatment of dental periapical lesions.

2004-2008 Peregrine Ventures - Senior Medical Advisor. Peregrine Ventures is a leading venture capital group specialized in early-stage projects. Aside of accompanying the ongoing medical portfolio companies, the involvement covers responsibility for the Group's extensive due-diligence activity.

2000-2006 Specialist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Attending Unit for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery – The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

1993-2000 Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa Israel

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS

2008-2012 Treasurer, Israeli Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2012 Present,

PATENTS

Ten patents and patent applications

TBackground: In cases of advanced maxillary sinus atrophy of the bone, the sinus floor has to be augmented in order to obtain acceptable bone volume for dental implantation. This presentation will review the sinus lift techniques in current clinical practice. It will also present a new procedure and device, designed as a closed sinus lift based on a dedicated dental implant: the iRaise™ Sinus Lift Implant. A clinical study examining the safety and efficacy of the Sinus Lift Implant will be reviewed.

Materials and Methods: Eighteen patients (8 males, 10 females) underwent 23 procedures. All procedures were completed successfully, with elevation of the sinus membrane and insertion of bone graft and the dental implant at the planned site. No membrane tears occurred. No intraoperative or postoperative adverse events were observed in any of the cases. Patients needed very little medical attention: no patient required additional pain control medication or medication for swelling alleviation. There were no post-procedural emergency or distress calls.

Results: Average age-52; residual alveolar ridge height-5.5 mm; bone gain 10.9 mm; average waiting time until exposure-8.4 months. All cases exhibited significant generation of new bone at the sinus floor. All the implants achieved clinical osseointegration. All exposed implants exhibited excellent clinical stability in the jawbone. Prosthetic rehabilitation proceeded uneventfully.

Conclusions: iRaise™ appears to be a safe and effective way to execute a sinus floor augmentation procedure.