Migration of gutta-percha point from a root canal into the ethmoid sinus.
There have been reports on the migration of teeth or implants into the maxillary sinus, but we know of no report on the migration of a gutta-percha point that had been used to fill a root canal into the ethmoid sinus. We report such a case which presumably migrated through the maxillary sinus.
Ishikawa
Makoto
M
Oral Diagnosis and Medicine, Department of Oral Patho-Biological Science, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, N13 W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan. mak@den.hokudai.ac.jp
Mizuno
Takayuki
T
Yamazaki
Yutaka
Y
Satoh
Takehiko
T
Notani
Ken-ichi
K
Fukuda
Hiroshi
H
D000328:Adult; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006171:Gutta-Percha / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000009:adverse effects*
D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D006171:Gutta-Percha