New Insight on Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Odontogenic Maxillary Sinusitis

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Individual with right maxillary sinusitis. (a) The transverse image of the infected area. The arrow shows that the lesions lie in the right maxillary sinus. The left sinus is normal. (b) Comparison sagittal image of left maxillary sinus in the same patient. The arrow shows communication between the oral and the maxillary sinus. (c) The coronal image of the infected area. The patient suffered from odontogenic maxillary sinusitis and had been tooth extracted through the traditional Caldwell-Luc approach. After recurrence, FESS surgery and local mucosal flap transposition were performed transorally. (d) Comparison sagittal image of right maxillary sinus in the same patient.

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