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Endoscopic Removal of a Maxillary Third Molar Displaced Into the Maxillary Sinus via the Socket

Toshinori Iwai, Yoshiro Matsui, Makoto Hirota, Iwai Tohnai

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Abstract

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.

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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.

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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.

Key concepts: Medicine, Maxillary sinus, Molar, Dentistry, Displacement (psychology), Maxillary molar, Maxillary first molar, Orthodontics

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