Chronic Inflammation of the Schneiderian Membrane of Patients With Stomatogenical Maxillary Sinusitis According to the Results the Data of the Lectin Histochemistry

Diagnostic Criteria for Odontogenic Sinusitis: A Systematic Review

“…Forty-nine studies reported specific diagnostic criteria 7,10,16–62 and 14 studies did not report any diagnostic criteria (either original or referenced) for OS. 8,11,63–74 It should be noted that four articles 10,21,31,39 were retrospective radiological analyses and provided radiologic diagnostic criteria only. Figure 1 reports a graphical analysis of the 63 included articles in terms of their overall use of diagnostic criteria.…”

“…Moreover, the research on OS suffers from abrupt shifts in terminology (e.g., from the more common classification of OS or odontogenic maxillary sinusitis to more complex definitions such as sinonasal complications of dental disease and treatment 7 or neologisms such as somatogenic sinusitis 8 ) Even worse, OS has progressively over time become an umbrella term that different authors have adopted to designate protean sinonasal inflammatory conditions, which may be induced not only by dental disease but also by dental procedures, common implantological procedures, or maxillary sinus augmentations, thus going beyond the etymological definition of “odontogenic” (i.e., deriving from teeth).…”