Treatment of oroantral communications after tooth extraction. Is drainage into the nose necessary or not?

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 844-846

  Car, Marijan ^a,b   Juretić, Mirna ^a  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Odontogenic maxillary sinusitis; Oroantral communication; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH FISTULA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031758690     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489850182558     Document Type: Article

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