Zygomatic implants may be considered as an alternative to bone augmentation procedures in the management of severe maxillary atrophy. The zygomatic implant placement procedure does not require any ...

Maxillary sinus floor elevation and augmentation is a surgical procedure developed to increase bone volume in the atrophic posterior maxilla, thereby facilitating the precise placement of dental ...

Imaging, specifically cone-beam CT (CBCT), helped clinicians remove an ectopic third molar and an infected cyst from a patient's maxillary sinus, which is a rare site for a tooth to erupt, according ...

Researchers have found in a new study that Upper Third Molars (UTM) positioned close to the sinus floor with mesial inclination were identified as the main risk factor for intra-operative ...

Endoscopic medial maxillectomy is currently the most commonly used endoscopic approach to the maxillary sinus inverting papilloma. The possible complications of this procedure include epiphora, ...

Assessing root overlap with the maxillary sinus may predict the likelihood of the complication oroantral communication (OAC) after maxillary tooth extraction. This study was recently published in ...

This new study, which followed patients up to 6 months after functional endoscopic sinus surgery, evaluated results using objective and subjective measures. “Nasal polyps are associated with ...

The maxillary sinus is one of the four paranasal sinuses, which are sinuses located near the nose. The maxillary sinus is the largest of the paranasal sinuses. The two maxillary sinuses are located ...

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intersect ENT®, Inc. (Nasdaq: XENT), a global ear, nose and throat (“ENT”) medical technology leader dedicated to transforming patient care, today announced that ...

Sinus surgery can feel intimidating—especially when you do not know what the day will actually look like. Fellowship-trained rhinologist Kristine Smith, MD, walks through the entire experience, from ...