Chronic Maxillary Rhinosinusitis of Dental Origin: A Systematic Review of 674 Patient Cases
Table 1
General characteristics of the studies. General table describing the studies characteristics (including category of evidence following the European position paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps 2007 recommendations [6]) number of cases, aetiology, middle age, sex, and the involved teeth. CA: category of evidence, NA: not available.
Note: the incidence of oroantral communication is estimated at 0,58% of all premolar and molar extraction (ref); one can assume that the incidence of oroantral fistula is even smaller, keeping in mind that some oroantral communications were treated immediately after their creation or healed spontaneously. ref = Punwutikorn J, Waikakul A.