CASE REPORT OF 3RD MOLAR IN MAXILLARY SINUS

Kim,  Soo-Kyung; Hwang,  Young-Moo

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 10(3); 1972 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 1972;10(3):169-171.
Published online March 31, 1972.

상악동에 발생한 지치의 증예

김수경¹, 황영무²

^¹서울대학교 치과대학 구강외과학교실
^²서울대학교 치과대학 구강외과학교실

CASE REPORT OF 3RD MOLAR IN MAXILLARY SINUS

Soo-Kyung Kim¹, Young-Moo Hwang²

¹Department of Oral Surgery. Seoul National University College of Dentistry
²Department of Oral Surgery. Seoul National University College of Dentistry

Abstract

Mr. yoon, 1 20 years old man, in good health, was treated for unhealing the extraction wound, pus discharge and sensation of dull pain on maxillary 2nd molar areas. Roentgenographic examination showed unerupted 3rd molar in left maxillary sinus. The tooth was located immediatly under the zygomatic bone and directed to median line. Radical operation of its sinusitis and extraction of the impacted wisdom tooth were performed by Caldwell-Luc's operation technique. In morphological aspects, the tooth has resemblance to normal wisdom tooth.