“…(). Although several animal platforms including rabbit (Yon et al., ), dog (Schlegel, Fichtner, Schultze‐Mosgau, & Wiltfang, ), mini‐pig (Terheyden et al., ), goat/sheep (Philipp et al., ), and nonhuman primates (Hanisch et al., ) have been employed to evaluate sinus augmentation protocols, the mini‐pig model presents several advantages (Lee, Fiorini, Wikesjö, & Susin, ). Due to the convenient size and disposition of the maxillary sinus, the mini‐pig features skeletal proportions that allow the use of dental implants of clinically meaningful dimensions.…”