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J Craniofac Surg 2021 Mar 1. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology Department of Radiology, Gaziosmanpaşa University Medical School, Tokat Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Atatürk University Faculty of Dentistry, Erzurum, Turkey.

Abstract: Oroantral fistula (OAF) is a pathological connection between the maxillary sinus and oral cavity, and it usually occurs after tooth extraction. Proper repair of OAF is important for the prevention of recurrences. The present case offers a technique of OAF repair using septal cartilage and buccal fat pad for the repair of the defect after excision of fistula tract. Read More

Case Rep Dent 2020 28;2020:8824246. Epub 2020 Nov 28.

Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Portugal.

Introduction: Oroantral communications may arise as a result of pathological processes or iatrogenic situations, particularly in oral surgery and implantology, but are uncommon in periodontal plastic surgery. . A healthy 37-year-old female patient with 5 mm Miller Class II recession on the maxillary left second molar was referred for a root coverage procedure. Read More

Swiss Dent J 2020 Dec;130(12):972-982

Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Applied Oral Sciences and Community Dental Care, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

The objective of this study was to analyze the outcome of first-time surgical closures of oroantral communications (OAC) after tooth extractions. Using a billing software, all patients treated in a surgery department were filtered for interventions of the maxillary sinus indicative of OAC therapy. Out of 221 initially eligible cases, the charts of 162 cases fulfilling the inclusion criteria were retrospectively evaluated for the outcome in terms of symptom-free OAC closure as well as possibly influencing patient and treatment factors. Read More

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2021 Feb 29;131(2):180-185. Epub 2020 Aug 29.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel; Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Objective: The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate clinical outcomes after closure of oroantral fistulae with concomitant Caldwell-Luc operations (OFCLOs) with or without inferior meatal antrostomy (IMA).

Study Design: Records from consecutive OFCLOs carried out over a 12-year period at the oral and maxillofacial surgery department at a single medical center were reviewed. Background data included age, sex, medical status, indications, and etiologies. Read More

Case Rep Dent 2020 27;2020:8874227. Epub 2020 Oct 27.

Department of Dental Surgery of Borovsky Institute of Dentistry, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Russia.

Oroantral fistula (OAF) often develops after extraction of posterior maxillary teeth and requires surgical closure. If it persists, OAF may result in maxillary sinusitis. This paper reports a case of an oroantral fistula, associated with chronic maxillary sinusitis. Read More