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 ...

The maxillary sinus is the largest of the paranasal sinuses. The two maxillary sinuses are located below the cheeks, above the teeth and on the sides of the nose. Healthline ...

A sinus infection can cause tooth pain. Learn more about how the two are connected, the symptoms, and how a person can treat their sinus infection at home.

The maxillary sinuses are air-filled cavities that are located just above the back portion of the maxilla or upper jaw. By lifting the sinus and grafting bone in between, there’s more bone for a ...

The most common sinuses involved in patients with fungal sinusitis were the maxillary sinuses (100%) and the ethmoidal sinuses (60%). Areas of metallic density (60%) and high and low densities ...

The tumour, node and metastasis (TNM) staging and grading for maxillary sinus cancer helps doctors decide on your treatment. Number stages for maxillary sinus cancer. The number staging system uses ...

This X-ray of a human skull highlights the main nasal cavity (orange) and the sinuses: frontal (pink), ethmoid (yellow), maxillary (green) and sphenoid (purple). Asian apes do not have frontal or ...

In 2002 study co-author Hack and his team were dissecting a cadaver when they discovered that the back wall of the maxillary sinus was much thinner—and therefore more flexible—than described ...

The maxillary sinus is typically approached by a sublabial incision (Caldwell-Luc procedure), and the ethmoid by an incision on the side of the nose (external ethmoidectomy).

I saw my dentist for pain in an upper molar, but the X-ray was normal. My nose was also plugged up, and she said it might be my sinuses. I started doing a saline rinse, and after a few days the pain ...

Zdenek Pelikan, M.D., Ph.D., of Allergy Research Foundation, Breda, the Netherlands, studied 71 patients with chronic maxillary sinus disease and 16 control individuals with allergic rhinitis but ...