The maxillary sinus, the largest of all paranasal sinuses, is shaped like a pyramid, with dimensions of approximately 2.5 cm in width, 3.75 cm in height, and 3 cm depth. 1 When patients lose teeth in the posterior maxilla, alveolar bone resorption follows, both centripetal, as a consequence of the physiological bone remodeling following tooth loss, and also from sinus cavity pneumatization toward the alveolar crest. 2 These two processes usually result in limited bone availability for implant placement, hence requiring a regenerative procedure, the so-called maxillary sinus lifting procedure. Sinus lifts are currently considered a safe treatment modality with a low complication rate. 3,4 The procedure is referred to in different ways in the literature, as sinus lift, sinus augmentation, sinus floor elevation, or augmentation of an atrophic maxillary sinus. Since the objective of this regenerative intervention is to provide sufficient bone height and width for appropriate implant placement, dental implants may be placed at the same time as the sinus augmentation procedure ("one-stage" technique). The alternative is a staged procedure, where the bone is augmented during the first surgical intervention and then the dental implants are placed after the appropriate bone volume has been created ("two-stage" technique).