“…However, some clinical conditions are suspected to be involved, such as developmental disturbances (cleft palate), displacement of teeth by trauma, interventions or cyst, infection, genetic factors, crowding, and dense bone. [1][2][3] Caldwell-Luc approach, traditionally performed to remove foreign bodies and ectopic teeth from the sinus, may have several side effects and complications (facial pain, teeth sensory impairment or injury, cheek edema, infraorbital nerve numbness and neuralgias, maxillary hematoma/sinusitis, maxillary wall weakness, etc). 4,5 In this paper, we report the case of a young woman suffering from maxillary facial pain and swelling due to an ectopic molar tooth in the PF and related maxillary sinusitis.…”