A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE OROANTRAL FISTULA (OAF) FORMATION IN TERMS OF SITE, SIDE, FREQUENCY, AGE BRACKETS AND GENDER DISTRIBUTION

We aimed to determine the involvement of the most vulnerable side and site in the creation of an oroantral fistula. OAC (Oroantral Communication) and its subsequent oroantral fistula formulation one of the repeated complications of dental maxillary molars extraction. There may be an involvement of the complications due to chronic oroantral fistula into sequelae of the chronic sinusitis. We carried out this research at Allied Hospital, Faisalabad from August 2016 to November 2017 on a total of sixty oroantral fistula patients in the Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery. Our research diagnostic criteria consisted of history, periapical views, clinical examination, PNS (Paranasal Air Sinuses) and orthopantomogram. The involvement of the first maxillary molar was among sixty percent of the patients, thirty percent cases were of the second molar, six percent in the last molar and four percent cases were of premolars. The involvement of right and the left side was respectively reported among 52% and 48% of the cases. Keywords: Molar, Premolar, Dental Extraction, Maxillary, Sequalae, Chronic, Sinusitis and Oroantral Fistula (OAF)