Incidencia de sinusitis de seno maxilar de origen odontogénico en pacientes del Hospital Metropolitano en el periodo 2011 a 2018. Estudio Retrospectivo

Abstract

Maxillary sinusitis is a pathological condition in which there is inflammation of the sinus membrane that lines the maxillary sinus, there are four pairs of paranasal sinuses, of which the maxillary sinuses are the largest and those that are affected more frequently.

Possible etiologies include local and systemic conditions that can be subdivided into acute, subacute and chronic forms according to their evolution, the first two conditions are usually caused by infections or allergic causes, and the chronic form is usually associated with an odontogenic origin.

Normally both the roots of the premolar teeth and maxillary molars are separated from the floor of the maxillary sinus by dense cortical bone of a variable thickness, but sometimes they are separated only by the mucoperiosteum, due to this anatomical disposition can explain the source and development of an inflammatory process, and the relationship between the odontogenic origin and the presence of maxillary sinusitis.

The incidence of this pathology reveals the need to recognize it as an important disease with which we must be familiar to prevent or treat it when necessary.