Table 1: Patients treated for oro-antral fistulas with a bichat ball and vestibular mucoperiosteum flap.
Age/Sex |
Dental piece |
Laterality |
History of previous closures
|
Fistula etiology |
Flap dehiscence |
Flap necrosis |
Success rate |
62/M |
Second premolar |
Right |
Buccal/palatal flap failure
|
Implant failure |
|
|
Fistula closure |
75/F |
First molar |
Right |
|
Implant failure |
|
|
Fistula closure |
81/F |
Second molar |
Left |
|
Implant failure |
|
|
Fistula closure |
43/F |
First molar |
Left |
|
Post extraction |
|
|
Fistula closure |
58/F |
Second molar |
Left |
|
Implant failure |
|
|
Fistula closure |
72/F |
Second molar |
Left |
|
Post extractionn |
|
|
Fistula closure |
43/F |
Third molar |
Right |
|
Post extraction |
|
6 days (infection)
|
Fistula closure (3 months) |
58/M |
Second molar |
Left |
|
Implant failure |
Vestibular flap |
|
Fistula closure |
60/M |
Third molar |
Left |
|
Post extraction |
|
|
Fistula closure |
59/F |
Third molar |
Left |
|
Post extraction |
|
|
Fistula closure |
61/F |
Second molar |
Left |
|
Post extraction |
|
|
Fistula closure |
77/F |
Second molar |
Right |
|
Post extraction |
|
7 days (obturator compression)
|
No closure |
63/M |
Third molar |
Left |
|
Implant failure |
|
|
Fistula closure |
64/F |
First molar |
Left |
|
Post extraction |
|
|
Fistula closure |
59/F |
Third molar |
Left |
|
Post extraction |
|
|
Fistula closure |