General patient education, not a diagnosis or individualized treatment plan. Your treating clinician’s instructions take priority. Elite Oral Surgery’s Bonney Lake practice opens January 2027.
Bone grafting and sinus lifts describe clinical procedures, not automatic extras every implant patient needs. Whether either belongs in your plan depends on your anatomy and the proposed treatment. The first step is understanding why a procedure is being recommended; the next is understanding how it appears in your written estimate.
Elite Oral Surgery's stated $15,000-per-arch full-arch offer includes extractions, IV sedation, bone grafting if needed, sinus lifts and final zirconia teeth. Needed grafting and sinus lifts are not advertised as separate add-on charges for that offer.
What is bone grafting used for?
In implant planning, grafting may be considered to help prepare or support an area of bone. Your clinician should explain the purpose in your case, which site is involved and whether it changes the sequence of care.
Having lost a tooth does not automatically mean you need a graft. Conversely, a reassuring photograph of your smile cannot show whether the available bone is suitable. The decision requires an examination and appropriate imaging.
What does a sinus lift address?
A sinus lift, also called sinus augmentation, may be considered in the upper back jaw when the relationship between available bone and the sinus affects implant placement. It is a different anatomical question from grafting in every other area of the mouth.
Ask the surgeon to show you the relevant findings and explain the options. Do not assume that a sinus lift is needed for every upper arch or that avoiding one is automatically preferable. See our sinus-lift information for general context.
What does inclusion in the offer actually tell you?
It tells you the practice's stated full-arch offer includes bone grafting if needed and sinus lifts alongside the other named inclusions. It does not tell you that those procedures are clinically necessary or that every patient follows an identical schedule.
An arch means one upper or lower set of teeth. The offer is per arch, not a single-implant fee or a universal fee for any other treatment. The written plan should connect the advertised inclusions to the proposed care. Review full-arch pricing, and ask questions before committing.
Could these procedures change the treatment stages?
Your surgeon should explain whether a procedure can be performed with another step or whether a separate healing phase is being considered. General information cannot establish when you will receive implants or final teeth.
If temporary teeth are planned, ask what you will wear during each phase and which restrictions apply. A price inclusion does not eliminate the biological need for healing. Our temporary versus final teeth guide helps separate the financial and clinical questions.
Six questions to ask about your plan
- What finding makes grafting or sinus augmentation worth considering?
- Which area would be treated?
- What alternatives are reasonable for my anatomy?
- How would the proposed procedure affect treatment stages?
- Is the written plan consistent with the full-arch inclusions?
- What postoperative instructions and follow-up apply?
Avoid making the decision solely on whether an advertisement mentions grafting. You deserve both a clinical explanation and a clear written estimate.