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RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF MAXILLARY SINUS Radiographic examination of the. maxillary sinus may be . accomplished with a wide variety of exposures readily available in the dental office or radiology clinic.These exposures include periapical, occlusal; and panoramic views, which will, in most instances, provide adequate information to either confirm or rule out pathologic conditions of the sinus. If additio
CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF MAXILLARY SINUS
Clinical examination of the patient with suspected maxillary sinus disease should include tapping of. the lateral walls of the sinus externally over. the prominence of the cheekbones and “palpation intraorally on the lateral surface of the maxilla between the canine fossa and the zygomatic buttress. The affected sinus may be markedly tender to gentle tapping or p
EMBRYOLOGY AND ANATOMY
The maxillary sinuses are air-containing spaces that occupy the maxillary bone bilaterally. They are the first of the paranasal sinuses (e.g., maxillary, ethmoid, frontal, sphe – noid) to develop embryonically and begin as a mucosal invagination that grows laterally from the middle meatus of the nasal cavity at approximately the seventieth day of gestation. At birth the sinus cav
Odontogenic Diseases of the Maxillary Sinus
CHAPTER OUTLINE
EMBRYOLOGY AND ANATOMY
CUNICAL EXAMINATION OF MAXILLARY SINUS
RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF MAXILLARY SINUS ,
ODONTOGENIC INFECTIONS OF MAXILLARY SINUS
TREATMENT OF MAXILLARY SINUSITIS
COMPLICATIONS OF SURGERY INVOLVING MAXILLARY
SINUS
MUCOUS-RETENTION PHENOMENON
OROANTRAL COMMUNICATIONS
Immediate Treatment
, Treatment of Long-Standing Communications