RESEARCH ARTICLE
Surgical Options In Oroantral Fistula Treatment
Andrea Enrico Borgonovo 1, Frederick Valerio Berardinelli 2, *, Marco Favale 2, Carlo Maiorana 3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2012Volume: 6
First Page: 94
Last Page: 98
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-6-94
DOI: 10.2174/1874210601206010094
Article History:
Received Date: 23/2/2012Revision Received Date: 18/4/2012
Acceptance Date: 19/4/2012
Electronic publication date: 1/6/2012
Collection year: 2012
open-access license: This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
Abstract
Oral fistula (OAF) is a pathological communication between the oral cavity and maxillary sinus which has its origin either from iatrogenic complications or from dental infections, osteomyelitis, radiation therapy or trauma. OAF closures can be achieved using different flaps which show both advantages and limitations. Therefore they all need careful consideration in order to select the best approach depending on the situation. The most widely employed flaps are of three types: vestibular flap, palatal flap and buccal fat pad Flap(BFP). The authors present three cases of OAF with the different techniques. It is suggested that the buccal flap is best applied in the case of large fistulas located in the anterior region, the palatal flap is suitable to correct premolar defects and the BFP flap for wide posterior OAFs.
