Association between maxillary sinus floor perforation by dental implants and mucosal thickening: a cone-beam computed tomography study.

Oliveira-Santos, Nicolly; Beersingh, Ashleigh-Paige Harvey-Ann; Felizardo, Henrique Mateus Alves; Groppo, Francisco Carlos; Gaêta-Araujo, Hugo (2024). Association between maxillary sinus floor perforation by dental implants and mucosal thickening: a cone-beam computed tomography study. Journal of dentistry, 144, p. 104963. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jdent.2024.104963

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OBJECTIVE

To investigate the association of perforation of the maxillary sinus floor by dental implants with mucosal thickening and to describe its characteristics in perforated cases.

STUDY DESIGN

One-hundred and twenty-nine maxillary sinuses of 93 patients presenting 202 dental implants in the maxillary posterior region were retrospectively assessed in cone-beam computed tomography scans and classified according to maxillary sinus perforation, bone graft, mucosal thickening, and mucosal appearance. Logistic regression determined the chance of mucosal thickening in perforated maxillary sinuses. The chi-square test compared categorical variables between maxillary sinus perforated or not by implants and maxillary sinus with or without mucosal thickening. The significance level assumed was 5% (α=0.05).

RESULTS

There was perforation of 60 maxillary sinuses floor (46.5%) by 74 dental implants. The chance of mucosal thickening was higher when the implant tip was trespassing on the maxillary sinus floor (p<0.001). There was a significant association between maxillary sinus mucosal thickening and perforation by a dental implant with the tip trespassing the maxillary sinus floor (p<0.05).

CONCLUSION

Maxillary sinus mucosal thickening is associated with sinus floor perforation by dental implants and does not depend on the number of implants perforating it.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE

There is an association between dental implants' perforation of the maxillary sinus floor and the thickening of the maxillary sinus. In those cases, the appearance of the mucosa thickening may be irregular, local, or total opacification of the sinus cavity.

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