TY  - JOUR
A1  - Parvini, Puria
A1  - Obreja, Karina Anne-Marie
A1  - Begić, Amira
A1  - Schwarz, Frank
A1  - Becker, Jürgen
A1  - Sader, Robert Alexander
A1  - Salti, Loutfi
T1  - Decision-making in closure of oroantral communication and fistula
T2  - International journal of implant dentistry
N2  - After removal of a dental implant or extraction of a tooth in the upper jaw, the closure of an oroantral fistula (OAF) or oroantral communication (OAC) can be a difficult problem confronting the dentist and surgeon working in the oral and maxillofacial region. Oroantral communication (OAC) acts as a pathological pathway for bacteria and can cause infection of the antrum, which further obstructs the healing process as it is an unnatural communication between the oral cavity and the maxillary sinus. There are different ways to perform the surgical closure of the OAC. The decision-making in closure of oroantral communication and fistula is influenced by many factors. Consequently, it requires a combination of knowledge, experience, and information gathering. Previous narrative research has focused on assessments and comparisons of various surgical techniques for the closure of OAC/OAF. Thus, the decision-making process has not yet been described comprehensively.
The present study aims to illustrate all the factors that have to be considered in the management of OACs and OAFs that determine optimal treatment.
KW  - Oroantral
KW  - Fistula
KW  - Flaps
KW  - Grafts
KW  - Maxillary sinus
KW  - Complication management
KW  - Oral surgery
KW  - Decision
KW  - Oroantral communication
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/48836
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-488367
SN  - 2198-4034
N1  - Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
VL  - 5
IS  - 1, Art. 13
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin ; Heidelberg
ER  -