Rehabilitation of the severely resorbed maxilla poses a difficult challenge, for both restorative and surgical colleagues, as the typically large maxillary sinuses in this group of patients ...

Study selection For inclusion, an article had to satisfy the following criteria: studies had to be controlled trials comparing implant placement in the non-augmented posterior maxilla with the ...

The maxilla is a bone which helps to make up the skull. It is specifically located in the mid face, forms the upper jaw, separates the nasal and oral cavities, and contains the maxillary sinuses ...

Maxillary sinuses: These large, paired sinuses are behind the cheekbones on either side of the nose. They are pyramid-shaped and are the largest sinuses in the head.

It's easy to forget that we should floss every day — and that we should follow up with our dentist at least twice a year. However, it may become a lot easier to make these things a priority if ...

Twenty-five percent of all patients had unilateral sinusitis. The most common sinuses involved in patients with fungal sinusitis were the maxillary sinuses (100%) and the ethmoidal sinuses (60%).

Stages, types and grades of nasal and paranasal sinus cancer The stage of nasal and paranasal sinus cancer tells you how big it is and whether it has spread. There are different ways of staging nasal ...

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 ...

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 ...