Distancia de las raíces de primeros y segundos molares superiores con el seno maxilar, mediante Tomografía Computarizada Cone Beam.

Abstract

Treatment at the level of the upper molars carries a risk due to their proximity to the maxillary sinus. The probability of
this risk varies according to whether the root is palatine, mesiovestibular or dystovestibular and also to the variations of
each individual linked to sex, age and racial mixture. Treatments at this level can lead to complications such as odontogenic
sinusitis and oro-anthral communication. Objective: To determine the distance between the apexes of the first and second
maxillary molars and the maxillary sinus through CBTC images. Methodology: A study of 76 images was performed with
"Cone Beam" tomography in patients between 14 and 60 years of age, which were collected from a random database of the
radiology service of the Career of Dentistry of the Catholic University of Cuenca. Conclusions:In the present study it was
found that the mesiovestibular root of the first, second right molar, first left molar has a greater relationship with the maxillary
sinus followed by the dystovestibular root of the second upper left molar, being the first one the one that presented a higher
percentage.