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- Title
Factors affecting the decision to rehabilitate the posterior maxilla following surgical closure of oroantral communications/fistulae - A cohort study.
- Authors
Ben‐Zvi, Yehonatan; Rosenfeld, Eli; Masri, Daya; Avishai, Gal; Kahn, Adrian; Chaushu, Liat; Ben-Zvi, Yehonatan
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Search of the English literature yielded no studies assessing the chosen dental treatment following surgical closure of oroantral communication/oroantral fistula (OAC/OAF). The purpose of the present study was to assess factors affecting the decision to rehabilitate the posterior maxilla following surgical closure of OAC/OAF.<bold>Methods: </bold>Consecutive patients at a single center. A structured form served to collect the data. The differences between groups (cases with versus cases without restoration) were assessed statistically.<bold>Results: </bold>A total of 58/121 responding individuals (62.1% men). Average age 51.57 years. Average waiting time prior to restoration 10.34 months. Most (51.7%) healthy. Most had a dental etiology (60.3%). Thirty-nine (67.2%) patients had a restoration of the posterior maxilla. Most of the patients responded that the reason not to do any restoration is the fear of failure (65.5%). Most of the patients completed the restoration procedure in a private clinic (87.2%). Only one patient (2.6%) reported a complication. Approximately half of the patients had implant supported prosthesis (ISP) following sinus augmentation (48.3%) with delayed implant placement. Most of the patients responded that the reason not to have ISP was the fear of failure (72.7%), and the rest responded because of financial issues (27.3%). For tooth supported restoration, most of the patients responded removable (90.9%).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Surgeons generally wait 6-12 months following surgical treatment of OAC/OAF prior to reconstruction with ISP. The chance for complications is low. Healthy women after dental induced OAC/OAF have the highest chances to seek for ISP in such circumstances.
- Subjects
DENTAL implants; MAXILLARY sinus; ANTRAL-oral fistula; ORAL surgery; DECISION making in dentistry; PERIODONTICS; MAXILLA surgery; MAXILLARY sinus surgery; FISTULA; COMPLICATIONS of prosthesis; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Journal of Periodontology, 2022, Vol 93, Issue 5, p656
- ISSN
0022-3492
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/JPER.21-0288