A bone core of a previously augmented sinus floor was harvested four months post-operative and analyzed histologically and histomorphometrically. Grafting of the sinus maxillaries was performed using cerabone® granules. The obtained biopsy was scanned with a microtomograph with a nominal resolution of 5 μm along the three spatial planes (axial, coronal and sagittal), and finally, a three-dimensional model was drawn.

Dr. Fabio Rossi is resident and tutor at the Oral Surgery Department of the University of Bologna. He is chairman of foundation courses on the ITI methodology and chairman of ITI Study Club Bologna.