Treatment of Oroantral Fistula

The authors present the problems of oroantral fistula by reviewing the possibilities of surgical treatment. Known and less known operative methods are described and their advantages and disadvantages analysed. The object of this study is to remind the reader of the iatrogenic possibility of the occurrence of an antrooral communication and possibility of the development of a fistula and infection of the maxillary sinus, and to warn against unnecessary use of extreme surgical methods, which were once performed routinely. The result of treatment of antrooral communication should be the establishment of physiological functions of the stomatognathic and respiratory system with as little harm to the patient as possible.