Endoscopic removal of a maxillary third molar displaced into the maxillary sinus via the socket.
Removal of a maxillary third molar is a common dental procedure, and oral surgeons rarely experience accidental displacement of a maxillary impacted third molar into the maxillary sinus as a complication of this procedure. In the case in which such displacement occurs, the molar is removed via a transantral (Caldwell-Luc) approach through bone removal or window osteotomy of the anterior wall of the maxillary sinus. However, this approach is highly invasive because 2 surgical fields are required at the socket and the anterior wall of the maxillary sinus. Here, we report as a minimally invasive approach endoscopic removal of a maxillary third molar displaced into the maxillary sinus via the socket.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. iwai104oams@yahoo.co.jp
Toshinori
T
Iwai
Yoshiro
Y
Matsui
Makoto
M
Hirota
Iwai
I
Tohnai
D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D020390:Tooth Socket / Q000601:surgery*; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery*