The effectiveness of surgical management of oroantral communications: A systematic review of the literature.

CONCLUSIONS: There are no RCTs evaluating whether an oroantral communication should be closed or not. There is weak evidence from two RCTs showing good results with five different techniques for closure of OACs (resorbable root analogues, haemostatic gauze, Rehrmann's buccal flap, buccal fat pad flap, sandwich graft with hydroxyapatite crystals). Until sufficiently high quality RCTs are conducted, elevating or not a flap for closure of OACs will be left to the personal choice of the surgeon. Conflict of interest notification: The authors declare no competing financial interest. PMID: 25422823 [PubMed - in process]
Source: European Journal of Oral Implantology - Category: Dentistry Authors: Tags: Eur J Oral Implantol Source Type: research