Technical note: oroantral fistula: improved imaging with a dental computed tomography software program.
Oroantral fistula (OAF) is an uncommon complication in oral surgery. About 5% of all extractions of maxillary premolars or molars may result in communication to the antrum. Small fistulae, 1-5 mm in diameter may close spontaneously, but larger fistulae usually require surgical closure. Pre-operative determination of the size of the fistula is often unreliable leading to difficulties in planning subsequent clinical management. We report a method for the precise determination of the size of the OAF using a dental computed tomography (CT) software program.
Bodner
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Gatot
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Bar-Ziv
J
J
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009957:Oroantral Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014081:Tooth Extraction