Ectopic third molar in the maxillary sinus a case report
International Journal of Development Research
Ectopic third molar in the maxillary sinus a case report
Received 25th January, 2017; Received in revised form 19th February, 2017; Accepted 04th March, 2017; Published online 30th April, 2017
Copyright©2017, Braj Bhushan Mall et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Ectopic eruption of teeth into a region other than the oral cavity is rare although there have been reports of teeth in the nasal septum, mandibular condyle, coronoid process, palate, chin and maxillary sinus. Occasionally, a tooth may erupt in the maxillary sinus and present with local sinonasal symptoms attributed to chronic sinusitis. We present a case of an ectopic maxillary third molar tooth that caused chronic purulent sinusitis in relation to the right maxillary sinus.
