Doxycycline with bone graft for lateral sinus lift?
Have any of you used doxycycline with bone graft for a lateral sinus lift? If so what was the doxycycline to graft ratio? To my knowledge doxycycline is acidic. Ä°f too much is used does it dissolve the bone graft or harm the sinus membrane and host bone?
4 Comments on Doxycycline with bone graft for lateral sinus lift?
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DrG
8/15/2018
What would be the purpose of the doxycycline? There is no clinical data to support its use in a sinus lift.
dr.alpertufan
8/17/2018
There is some study in the literature about using tetracyclines combined with bone grafts. I haven’t find any study about using it in sinus lifting but It is already being used
Greg Kammeyer, DDS, MS
8/15/2018
Since it is a broad spectrum, bacteriostatic drug it would have low efficacy. If you want to mix something into your lateral window sinus grafts use L-PRF to up regulate VEG-F (increasing angiogenisis) or Clindamycin to bacteriocidal for anerobes.
Personally I use L-PRF with PDGF as the PDGF cuts the waiting down to 3-4 months instead of 6-8 months.
Dan
8/16/2018
I'm using RIFAMYCIN .
good results.
