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ArticleJournal of maxillofacial and oral surgery2025

A Proposed Classification for Oroantral Communication to Ease the Decision-Making in Management.

Subhas Chandra Debnath, Anovili N Chishi, Priyangana Nath, A Dhanushya

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Article in Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Subhas Chandra DebnathDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Regional Dental College, Assam, India.
Anovili N ChishiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Regional Dental College, Assam, India.ORCID 0009-0007-6618-3734
Priyangana NathDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Regional Dental College, Assam, India.
A DhanushyaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Regional Dental College, Assam, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oroantral communication (OAC) is a condition characterised by a pathological connection between the oral cavity and the maxillary sinus. Communication between the maxillary sinus and oral cavity is a fairly typical complication in oral surgery and occurs frequently on the sites of upper first molar, followed by the second molar, third molar and bicuspid. Although smaller defects of less than 5 mm in diameter are known to close spontaneously, larger communications always require proper surgical closure. If the communication fails to be diagnosed and managed properly

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FistulaOroantral communicationPerforation

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PMID40453600
PMCPMC12123038

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