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| Publication date |
2008
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| Journal |
British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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| Volume | Issue number |
46 | 4
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| Pages (from-to) |
304-305
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| Organisations |
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Faculty of Dentistry (ACTA)
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Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA)
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| Abstract |
We describe a patient in whom the combination of excessive air in the maxillary sinus and the presence of a patent nasopalatine duct led to misdiagnosis and subsequent treatment of a non-existent oroantral perforation. When a radiograph indicates that antral involvement during removal of a maxillary molar is unlikely, and yet a routine postoperative nose-blowing test contradicts this, the possible presence of a pre-existent oronasal communication such as a patent nasopalatine duct should be considered
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| Document type |
Article
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| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.04.011
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