MAXILLARY SINUSITIS AND TREATMENT METHODS

Maxillary sinuses which have great importance for dentists, are in close anatomical relation with molars and premolars. Sinusitis is the most frequently diagnosed disease in maxillary sinuses. In this study we aimed to examine the maxillary sinusitis and its treatment methods. Maxillary sinusitis may origin from dental or rhinojen etiologic factors and the prognosis of disease may be acute or chronic due to the virulance of microorganisms and patient’s immune system. The treatment of maxillary sinusitis are conservative methods as antibiotic treatment, dental treatment and minor surgical operations or radical surgical methods as Caldwell-Luc and endoscopic surgery. The dentist’s role in maxillary sinusitis is to diagnose correctly, to perform medical or dental treatments and to refer the patients to otolaryngologists if radical surgery is necessary.