Ectopic third molar in the maxillary sinus

Ectopic eruption of teeth into a region other than the oral cavity is rare although there have been reports of teeth in the nasal septum, mandibular condyle, coronoid process, palate, chin and maxillary sinus. Occasionally, a tooth may erupt in the maxillary sinus and present with local sinonasal sy...

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Autores principales: Mohan, Shishir, Kankariya, Hasti, Harjani, Bhupendra, Sharma, Harendra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22639520
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.94488
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author Mohan, Shishir
Kankariya, Hasti
Harjani, Bhupendra
Sharma, Harendra
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description Ectopic eruption of teeth into a region other than the oral cavity is rare although there have been reports of teeth in the nasal septum, mandibular condyle, coronoid process, palate, chin and maxillary sinus. Occasionally, a tooth may erupt in the maxillary sinus and present with local sinonasal symptoms attributed to chronic sinusitis. We present a case of an ectopic maxillary third molar tooth that caused chronic purulent sinusitis in relation to the right maxillary sinus.
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spelling pubmed-33433992012-05-25 Ectopic third molar in the maxillary sinus Mohan, Shishir Kankariya, Hasti Harjani, Bhupendra Sharma, Harendra Natl J Maxillofac Surg Case Report Ectopic eruption of teeth into a region other than the oral cavity is rare although there have been reports of teeth in the nasal septum, mandibular condyle, coronoid process, palate, chin and maxillary sinus. Occasionally, a tooth may erupt in the maxillary sinus and present with local sinonasal symptoms attributed to chronic sinusitis. We present a case of an ectopic maxillary third molar tooth that caused chronic purulent sinusitis in relation to the right maxillary sinus. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3343399/ /pubmed/22639520 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.94488 Text en Copyright: © National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mohan, Shishir
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22639520
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.94488
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